Sketch showing the position of a rock at Port Simpson (now Lax Kw'alaams), British Columbia (now in Canada) on which HMS Sparrowhawk struck on May 16 1866, with Fort Simpson, Finlayson Island and the track of the ship.

Sketch showing the position of a rock at Port Simpson (now Lax Kw'alaams), British Columbia (now in Canada) on which HMS Sparrowhawk struck on May 16 1866, with Fort Simpson, Finlayson Island and the track of the ship.
Sketch showing the position of a rock at Port Simpson (now Lax Kw'alaams), British Columbia (now in Canada) on which HMS Sparrowhawk struck on May 16 1866, with Fort Simpson, Finlayson Island and the track of the ship. Scale: 1 inch to 1 mile. Signed by George Christie, Master, HMS Sparrowhawk. Originally enclosed with letter no 6 dated 12 June 1866 from Edwin A Parker, Commander, HMS Sparrowhawk and subsequently enclosure no 3 to Pacific Station letter no 66 dated 25 June 1866 from the Honourable Joseph Denman, Rear Admiral.
Christie, George, Sketch showing the position of a rock at Port Simpson (now Lax Kw'alaams), British Columbia (now in Canada) on which HMS Sparrowhawk struck on May 16 1866, with Fort Simpson, Finlayson Island and the track of the ship, 1866, National Archives of the UK, MFQ1-632 (6). The Colonial Despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871, Edition 2.4, ed. James Hendrickson and the Colonial Despatches project. Victoria, B.C.: University of Victoria. https://bcgenesis.uvic.ca/mfq_1-632_6_sketch_of_sparrowhawk_rock_strike_site_1866.html.

Title: Sketch showing the position of a rock at Port Simpson (now Lax Kw'alaams), British Columbia (now in Canada) on which HMS Sparrowhawk struck on May 16 1866, with Fort Simpson, Finlayson Island and the track of the ship.

Author: Christie, George

Subject: Port Simpson (B.C.) -- Maps; Nautical charts -- British Columbia -- Port Simpson; Sparrowhawk (Ship).

Identifier (repository): MFQ

Identifier (repoNumber): 1

Identifier (repoVol): 632

Identifier (libFileName): MFQ1-632 (6)

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Identifier (doc_id): MFQ1-632 (6)

Date: 1866

Funder: Funded by a Canadian Council of Archives, Archival Community Digitization Program.

Publisher: National Archives of the UK.