Captain James Cook

Remember him from Deception Point? On his 3rd and final voyage with is ships, Resolution and Discovery he was still searching for the NW Passage when he put into Nootka Sound for repairs and to trade with the native people. With him were William Bligh, master of the Resolution and Midshipman George Vancouver

Victoria

September 11th 2008
The Travelblog website has limited the number of photos that a person can include with one blog so I decided to do a separate blog dedicated to Vancouver Island and specifically Victoria. We had such a lovely day there. The weather forecast was not great for Vancouver so we dressed for a windy crossing of the Straits of Georgia over to Vancouver Island. We departed from Tsawwassen, which is name ... read more

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A land of vast distances and rich natural resources, Canada became a self-governing dominion in 1867 while retaining ties to the British crown. Economically and technologically the nation has developed in parallel with the US, its neighbor to the sou... ... read more

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