Colonial Despatches

Vancouver Island (now in British Columbia, Canada): 2 copies of a track chart of HMS Scout 9-12 August 1866 showing her grounding off Nootka Island while 'conveying H.E. the Governor round the Id. to visit the Indian & other settlements'. The coast and inlets are also shown in outline. Scale: 1 inch to 10 miles (calculated). Originally sent with duplicate and original, respectively, of report number 46 dated 23 August 1866 from John A P Price, Captain, and F Townsend, Master, of HMS Scout; subsequently enclosed with letter no 1 dated 5 September 1866 from the Honourable Joseph Denman, Rear Admiral, Pacific Squadron, accompanying papers concerning the grounding of HMS Scout.

Vancouver Island: Chart of HMS Scout 9-12 August 1866 showing her grounding off Nootka Island while conveying H.E. the Governor round the Id. to visit the Indian & other settlements, 1866, National Archives of the UK, MFQ1-632 (8). The Colonial Despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871, Edition 2.5, ed. James Hendrickson and the Colonial Despatches project. Victoria, B.C.: University of Victoria. https://bcgenesis.uvic.ca/mfq_1-632_8_hms_scout_vi_west_coast_sketch_1866.html.