George Vancouver - Wikipedia
WEBPuget Sound – after Discovery's 2nd lieutenant Peter Puget, who explored its southern reaches. Mount Rainier – after his friend, Rear Admiral Peter Rainier . Port Gardner and Port Susan , Washington – after his former commander Vice Admiral Sir Alan Gardner and his wife Susannah, Lady Gardner.
Vancouver, George (1758-1798) - HistoryLink.org
WEBMar 4, 2003 · George Vancouver was the first recorded European to enter Puget Sound above the entrance to Admiralty Inlet. He soon met Captain Robert Gray of the ship Columbia Rediviva, who told him that he (Gray) had discovered the Columbia River.
George Vancouver
WEBWhile in Puget Sound Vancouver named 75 prominent features, from bays to mountains. Many of these remain to this day, including Admiralty Inlet, Mount Baker, Mount Rainier, Mount St. Helens, Port Townsend, Hood’s Canal (today Hood Canal), Whidbey Island, Deception Pass and Vashon Island.
George Vancouver | Route, Facts, & Expeditions | Britannica
WEBMay 9, 2024 · After stops at Tahiti and the Hawaiian Islands, Vancouver sighted the west coast of North America at 39°27′ N on April 17, 1792. He examined the coast with minute care, surveying the intricate inlets and channels in the region of Vancouver Island and naming, among others, Puget Sound and the Gulf of Georgia.
WEBIn 1791-1795, Vancouver led the most thorough scientific maritime exploration of the Northwest Coast of North America, which included the creation and publication of detailed maps of the coastlines of present-day Oregon and Washington and the complex waterways of Puget Sound.
MOUNT RAINIER NATURE NOTES - U.S. National Park Service
WEBMar 1, 2002 · MOUNT RAINIER NATURE NOTES. It was 59 years after Captain George Vancouver's epic journey into Puget Sound before the white man succeeded in establishing a permanent settlement upon the shores of this inland sea. Capt. Gray, of Boston, had discovered the Columbia River and Gray's Harbor in 1788; and Lewis and …
Mount Rainier National Park - HistoryLink.org
WEBOct 13, 2020 · Early Ascents. As a fog lifted on May 7, 1792, British explorer George Vancouver, near Port Townsend, spotted a "very remarkable high round mountain" to the south "covered with snow" (Vancouver, 73). The following day he named it Mount Rainier "after my friend Rear Admiral Rainier" (Vancouver, 79).
MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK NATURE NOTES
WEBJun 17, 2002 · EXPLORATION AND SETTLEMENT OF THE LOWER PUGET SOUND REGION AS IT APPLIES TO MOUNT RAINIER. It was forty-one years after Captain George Vancouver's epic journey into Puget Sound before the white men established the first permanent settlement upon its shores.
George Vancouver begins British survey of Puget Sound on …
WEBFeb 18, 2003 · Tweet. On May 19, 1792, the British sloop-of-war Discovery drops anchor between Bainbridge and Blake islands. The following morning, Capt. George Vancouver (1757-1798) dispatches Lt. Peter Puget and Master Joseph Whidbey to conduct a detailed survey of the waters to the south.
Mount Rainier National Park (Nature Notes) - NPS History
WEBAbout a year later he reached the neighborhood of his destination, entering Puget Sound in the spring of 1792. The cities of Vancouver, British Columbia and Vancouver, Washington as well as Vancouver Island bear his name, but as he cruised down the Sound he saw and named several mountains that had here-to-fore, as far as the white man was ...
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