Esquimalt Harbour

Esquimalt Harbour is located on southern Vancouver Island. This sheltered and cove-cut harbour, west of Esquimalt, opens into the Juan de Fuca Strait.

Mentions of this place in the documents

Sulivan, Captain B. J.
Plumper Bay
Portage Inlet
Moresby, Sir Fairfax
Cordova Bay
Fisgard Island
Thetis Island, in Esquimalt Harbour
Richards Island
Ashe Head
Cole Island
Shepherd, Captain John
Cameron, David
Dyke Point
Thetis Cove
Bruce, Vice Admiral Henry William
Royal Roads
Inskip Islands
Puget Sound Agricultural Company
Trial Islands
Constance Cove
Temple, Third Viscount Palmerston Henry John to Blackwood, Arthur Johnstone 16 August 1848, CO 305:1, 381.
Parker, John to Hawes, Benjamin 24 October 1851, CO 305:3, no. 9092, 206A.
Pelly, Sir John Henry to Grey, Right Honorable Second Baronet Sir George 7 November 1851, CO 305:3, no. 9281, 405.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Grey, Third Earl Henry George 15 April 1852, CO 305:3, no. 6485, 103.
Hamilton, George Alexander to Merivale, Herman 25 May 1852, CO 305:3, no. 4770, 254.
Hamilton, George Alexander to Merivale, Herman 27 September 1852, CO 305:3, no. 8866, 269.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Pakington, Captain John Somerset 11 November 1852, CO 305:3, no. 933, 147.
Hamilton, George Alexander to Peel, Sir Frederick 22 October 1853, CO 305:4, no. 10231, 172.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 28 February 1854, CO 305:5, no. 4064, 33.
Hamilton, George Alexander to Merivale, Herman 1 June 1854, CO 305:5, no. 4698, 140.
Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes to Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James 8 June 1854, LAC RG7:G8C/1, 160.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Grey, Right Honorable Second Baronet Sir George 3 October 1854, CO 305:5, no. 10700, 116.
Hamilton, George Alexander to Merivale, Herman 27 January 1855, CO 305:6, no. 819, 199.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Grey, Right Honorable Second Baronet Sir George 6 March 1855, CO 305:6, no. 5020, 31.
Colvile, Andrew Wedderburn to Russell, Lord John 9 June 1855, CO 305:6, no. 5599, 255.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Russell, Lord John 13 September 1855, CO 305:6, no. 10886, 136.
Phinn, Thomas to Merivale, Herman 31 October 1855, CO 305:6, no. 10202, 226.
Colvile, Andrew Wedderburn to Labouchere, Henry 6 December 1855, CO 305:6, no. 11301, 275.
Phinn, Thomas to Merivale, Herman 15 December 1855, CO 305:6, no. 11518, 232.
Labouchere, Henry to Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James 24 December 1855, LAC RG7:G8C/1, 309.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Labouchere, Henry 8 April 1856, CO 305:7, no. 5813, 22.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Labouchere, Henry 20 August 1856, CO 305:7, no. 9708, 82.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Labouchere, Henry 17 June 1857, CO 305:8, no. 7951, 74.
Corry, Henry Thomas Lowry to Merivale, Herman 22 March 1858, CO 305:9, no. 2878, 283.
Stanley, Lord Edward Henry to Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James 28 March 1858, CO 410:1, 124.
Shepherd,John to Stanley, Lord Edward Henry 10 April 1858, CO 305:9, no. 3505, 464.
Cooper, James to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 24 July 1858, CO 6:27, no. No no., 266.
Romaine, William Govett to Merivale, Herman 16 August 1858, CO 6:25, no. 8219, 10.
Berens, Henry Hulse to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 18 August 1858, CO 6:26, no. 8400, 492.
Hamber, Fred M. to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 14 October 1858, CO 60:3, no. 10582, 176.
Romaine, William Govett to Carnarvon, Earl 15 October 1858, CO 60:2, no. 10567, 31.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 26 October 1858, CO 60:1, no. 12724, 245.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 3 November 1858, CO 60:1, no. 528, 331.
Parsons, Captain Robert Mann to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 9 November 1858, CO 60:3, no. 652, 530.
Romaine, William Govett to Merivale, Herman 3 January 1859, CO 60:5, no. 130, 286.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 15 January 1859, CO 60:4, no. 2737, 62.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 23 March 1859, CO 305:10, no. 4813, 70.
Corry, Henry Thomas Lowry to Carnarvon, Earl 28 March 1859, CO 305:12, no. 3328, 22.
Booth, James to Merivale, Herman 7 April 1859, CO 60:6, no. 3721, 78.
Corry, Henry Thomas Lowry to Carnarvon, Earl 20 April 1859, CO 305:12, no. 4250, 26.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 25 April 1859, CO 60:4, no. 5891, 322.
Hamilton, George Alexander to Merivale, Herman 4 May 1859, CO 305:13, no. 4647, 12.
Carnarvon, Earl to Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James 11 May 1859, CO 398:1, 282.
Carnarvon, Earl to Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James 11 May 1859, LAC RG7:G8C/8, 12.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 8 June 1859, CO 60:4, no. 7339, 500.
Booth, James to Elliot, Thomas Frederick 11 June 1859, CO 305:12, no. 6086, 79.
Carnarvon, Earl to Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James 16 June 1859, LAC RG7:G8C/8, 157.
Merivale, Herman to Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James 16 June 1859, LAC RG7:G8C/8, 149.
Merivale, Herman to Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James 16 June 1859, CO 410:1, 206.
Tennent, Sir James Emerson to Fortescue, 1st Baron Carlingford Chichester 12 July 1859, CO 305:12, no. 7034, 82.
Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes to Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James 22 July 1859, LAC RG7:G8C/2, 14.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 23 July 1859, CO 60:4, no. 8949, 608.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 8 August 1859, CO 305:11, no. 9571, 62.
Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes to Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James 11 August 1859, LAC RG7:G8C/2, 69.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 10 November 1859, CO 305:11, no. 870, 257.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 18 January 1860, CO 305:14, no. 2759, 7.
Paget, Lord Clarence Edward to Merivale, Herman 20 January 1860, CO 305:15, no. 698, 3.
Booth, James to Fortescue, 1st Baron Carlingford Chichester 1 February 1860, CO 305:15, no. 1110, 528.
Pennell, Henry Cholmondeley to Merivale, Herman 1 February 1860, CO 305:15, no. 1132, 5.
Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes to Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James 7 February 1860, LAC RG7:G8C/2, 227.
Paget, Lord Clarence Edward to Merivale, Herman 8 February 1860, CO 305:15, no. 1431, 9.
Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes to Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James 7 March 1860, LAC RG7:G8C/2, 239.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 10 May 1860, CO 305:14, no. 6350, 287.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 18 June 1860, CO 305:14, no. 7738, 309.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 8 August 1860, CO 305:14, no. 9267, 365.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 25 August 1860, CO 305:14, no. 9594, 382.
Romaine, William Govett to Rogers, Baron Blachford Frederic 28 August 1860, CO 305:15, no. 8509, 59.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 8 February 1861, CO 305:17, no. 3646, 66.
Romaine, William Govett to Rogers, Baron Blachford Frederic 19 March 1861, CO 60:12, no. 2517, 19.
Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes to Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James 5 December 1861, LAC RG7:G8C/2, 593.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 30 December 1862, CO 305:19, no. 2590, 305.
Paget, Lord Clarence Edward to Rogers, Baron Blachford Frederic 29 June 1863, CO 60:17, no. 6387, 33.
Farrer, Thomas Henry to Fortescue, 1st Baron Carlingford Chichester 24 December 1863, CO 305:21, no. 12401, 240.
Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes to Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James 2 January 1864, NAC RG7:G8C/04, 1.
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 20 May 1864, CO 60:18, no. 6960, 302.
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 20 May 1864, CO 60:18, no. 6959, 273.
Romaine, William Govett to Fortescue, 1st Baron Carlingford Chichester 27 May 1864, CO 305:24, no. 5006, 6.
Cardwell, Edward to Kennedy, Arthur 2 June 1864, NAC RG7:G8C/04, 191.
Kennedy, Arthur to Cardwell, Edward 14 June 1864, CO 305:22, no. 7398, 301.
Lugard, Sir Edward to Fortescue, 1st Baron Carlingford Chichester 17 August 1864, CO 305:24, no. 7773, 257.
Richards, Captain George Henry to Elliot, Thomas Frederick 20 August 1864, CO 305:24, no. 7902, 12.
Walcott, Stephen to Elliot, Thomas Frederick 8 September 1864, CO 305:24, no. 8423, 132.
Cardwell, Edward to Kennedy, Arthur 13 October 1864, NAC RG7:G8C/04, 303.
Kennedy, Arthur to Cardwell, Edward 14 October 1864, CO 305:23, no. 11617, 348.
Paget, Lord Clarence Edward to Rogers, Baron Blachford Frederic 29 November 1864, CO 305:24, no. 11063, 16.
Moody, Colonel Richard Clement to Fortescue, 1st Baron Carlingford Chichester 14 January 1865, CO 305:27, no. 464, 364.
Cardwell, Edward to Kennedy, Arthur 7 February 1865, NAC RG7:G8C/5, 25.
Paget, Lord Clarence Edward to Fortescue, 1st Baron Carlingford Chichester 15 February 1865, CO 305:27, no. 1689, 5.
Cardwell, Edward to Kennedy, Arthur 27 February 1865, NAC RG7:G8C/5, 84.
Kennedy, Arthur to Cardwell, Edward 25 May 1865, CO 305:25, no. 6393, 399.
Kennedy, Arthur to Cardwell, Edward 24 June 1865, CO 305:25, no. 8223, 693.
Kennedy, Arthur to Cardwell, Edward 24 June 1865, CO 305:25, no. 8221, 681.
Kennedy, Arthur to Cardwell, Edward 16 August 1865, CO 305:26, no. 9619, 227.
Romaine, William Govett to Fortescue, 1st Baron Carlingford Chichester 8 September 1865, CO 305:27, no. 8780, 38.
Cardwell, Edward to Kennedy, Arthur 14 September 1865, NAC RG7:G8C/5, 201.
Childers, Hugh C. E. to Rogers, Baron Blachford Frederic 18 December 1865, CO 305:27, no. 12351, 119.
Romaine, William Govett to Adderley, Charles Bowyer 29 October 1866, CO 305:30, no. 10314, 28.
Pakenham, William to Adderley, Charles Bowyer 21 November 1866, CO 305:30, no. 11134, 128.
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Carnarvon, Earl 21 December 1866, CO 60:25, no. 1930, 281.
Trevor, C. Cecil to Forster, William Edward 21 January 1867, CO 305:30, no. 710, 66.
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Carnarvon, Earl 13 April 1867, CO 60:28, no. 5795, 72.
Head, Sir Edmund Walker to Elliot, Thomas Frederick 30 April 1867, CO 60:30, no. 4323, 303.
McNab, C. to Grenville, Richard 9 May 1867, CO 60:30, no. 4551, 311.
Romaine, William Govett to Adderley, Charles Bowyer 3 September 1867, CO 60:30, no. 8673, 40.
Grenville, Richard to Seymour, Governor Frederick 12 September 1867, NAC RG7:G8C/14, 361.
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Grenville, Richard 6 February 1868, CO 60:32, no. 3375, 49.
Romaine, William Govett to Adderley, Charles Bowyer 2 April 1868, CO 60:34, no. 3408, 5.
Romaine, William Govett to Adderley, Charles Bowyer 11 May 1868, CO 60:34, no. 4773, 17.
Grenville, Richard to Seymour, Governor Frederick 16 May 1868, NAC RG7:G8C/15, 98.
Lennox, Henry Gordon to Adderley, Charles Bowyer 22 June 1868, CO 60:34, no. 6609, 26.
Hankin, Philip J. to Leveson-Gower, Granville George 12 July 1869, CO 60:36, no. 9275, 243.
Hankin, Philip J. to Leveson-Gower, Granville George 11 August 1869, CO 60:36, no. 10229, 314.

Places in this document

Esquimalt

Juan de Fuca Strait

Vancouver Island

Colonial Despatches

The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871

Esquimalt Harbour