amphitriteAmphitrite, 1816-1875
According to this private correspondence, the amphitriteAmphitrite expelled a group of prospectors, of which Easterby was a member, who attempted to unlawfully mine a vein of gold the group had discovered on Haida Gwaii in 1852.
It was constructed of teak at Bombay [Mumbai] and carried 24 guns, and it sailed the BC coast from 1851-1857 under two captains, Charles Frederick and Richard Burridge.1 It was Captain Richards who, in 1859, would name a location after this ship: Amphitrite Point is located on Vancouver Island's west coast, on the southern tip of the Ucluelet Peninsula.2
  • 1. Andrew Scott, The Encyclopedia of Raincoast Placenames (Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishing, 2009), 43.
  • 2. Amphitrite Point, BC Geographical Names Information System.
Mentions of this vessel in the documents
The Colonial Despatches Team. Amphitrite, 1816-1875. The Colonial Despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871, Edition 2.0, ed. The Colonial Despatches Team. Victoria, B.C.: University of Victoria. https://bcgenesis.uvic.ca/amphitrite.html.

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