The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Duntze, Captain John Alexander
b. 1806
d. 1882-05-19
In May 1846, HMS Fisgard, captained by Duntze, arrived at Fort Victoria to bolster British strength in the region during the Oregon boundary dispute. The Fisgard sailed up the Puget Sound and anchored at Nisqually for the summer, waiting, along with other British warships, to hear if they were
required to take possession of the lands north of the Columbia River. HMS Fisgard and Captain Duntze departed in 1847 after the boundary was settled on the 49th parallel.
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1. Finlayson, Roderick. Biography of Roderick Finlayson. Victoria: unknown, 1891.
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