Ashe Head
In 1847, Lieutenant Commander James Wood of the HMS Pandora named Ashe Head in honour of Edward David Ashe, 5th lieutenant aboard the HMS Fisgard.1 Ashe Head is located within Esquimalt Harbour.2
  • 1. Ashe Head, BC Geographical Names Information System.
  • 2. Ibid.
Mentions of this place in the documents
Vessels in this document

HMS Fisgard, 1819-1879

HMS Pandora, 1833-1862

Places in this document

Esquimalt Harbour

The Colonial Despatches Team. Ashe Head. 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/ashe_head.html.

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