The Colonial Despatches: Bute Inlet

Bute Inlet

Bute Inlet is located north of Desolation Sound, near the northern end of the Strait of Georgia. This 66 km long inlet was named after the 3rd Earl of Bute, John Stuart, by Vancouver in 1792.1 Bute Inlet is known for strong winds and for an oily material on the surface of its water, which is called “Bute wax”.2

1. Andrew Scott, The Encyclopedia of Raincoast Placenames (Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishing, 2009), 96.
2. Ibid.

Mentions of this place in the documents

The Colonial Despatches: Peterson, Peter A.
The Colonial Despatches: Meade, Captain Lord Gilford Richard
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Cardwell, Edward 4 October 1864, CO 60:19, no. 10955, 298.
Churchill, James D. to Cardwell, Edward 25 May 1866, CO 60:26, no. 5183, 275.
The Colonial Despatches: Buckley, Philip
The Colonial Despatches: Bute Inlet Road
Cardwell, Edward to Seymour, Governor Frederick 23 September 1865, NAC :, 312.
Douglas, Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 15 April 1862, CO 60:13, no. 5571, 149.
Churchill, James D. to Cardwell, Edward 19 May 1866, CO 60:26, no. 5021, 264.
Birch, Arthur Nonus to Cardwell, Edward 11 October 1865, CO 60:22, no. 95, 409.
The Colonial Despatches: Churchill, James D.
Romaine, William Govett to Rogers, Baron Blachford Frederic 30 July 1864, CO 60:20, no. 7226, 22.
The Colonial Despatches: Sutas
Cardwell, Edward to Kennedy, Arthur 20 December 1864, NAC :, 414.
Romaine, William Govett to Forster, William Edward 16 February 1866, CO 60:26, no. 1715, 11.
Churchill, James D. to Cardwell, Edward 6 January 1866, CO 60:26, no. 185, 258.
The Colonial Despatches: Kennedy, Arthur
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Cardwell, Edward 9 September 1864, CO 60:19, no. 10601, 149.
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 20 May 1864, CO 60:18, no. 6960, 302.
Churchill, James D. to Cardwell, Edward 15 December 1865, CO 60:23, no. 12264, 268.
Kennedy, Arthur to Cardwell, Edward 8 October 1864, CO 305:23, no. 10964, 325.
Pollock, John to Cardwell, Edward 6 February 1865, CO 60:23, no. 1180, 315.
Brown, R. E. Lundin to Colonial Office 12 May 1871, CO 60:44, no. 4657, 314.
Elliot, Thomas Frederick to Seymour, Governor Frederick 22 December 1865, CO 398:3, 326.
Romaine, William Govett to Rogers, Baron Blachford Frederic 14 September 1864, CO 60:20, no. 8681, 36.
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 8 June 1864, CO 60:19, no. 10591, 80.
Churchill, James D. to Cardwell, Edward 20 September 1865, CO 60:23, no. 9137, 253.
Rae, Doctor John to Grenville, Richard 27 March 1868, CO 60:34, no. 3058, 513.
The Colonial Despatches: Klatsassin
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Cardwell, Edward 3 June 1865, CO 60:22, no. 8239, 40.
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Elliot, Thomas Frederick 13 January 1866, CO 60:26, no. 577, 323.
Romaine, William Govett to Rogers, Baron Blachford Frederic 29 September 1864, CO 60:20, no. 9129, 39.
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 6 June 1864, CO 60:18, no. 7940, 364.
Romaine, William Govett to Forster, William Edward 7 February 1866, CO 60:26, no. 1300, 3.
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 20 May 1864, CO 60:18, no. 6959, 273.
The Colonial Despatches: Moseley, Edward
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Cardwell, Edward 7 October 1864, CO 60:19, no. 10957, 315.
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Cardwell, Edward 23 November 1864, CO 60:19, no. 1374, 386.
The Colonial Despatches: Teloot
Grenville, Richard to Seymour, Governor Frederick 14 April 1868, NAC :, 89.
The Colonial Despatches: Cox, William George
Cardwell, Edward to Birch, Arthur Nonus 10 January 1866, NAC :, 24.
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Grenville, Richard 22 November 1867, CO 60:29, no. 1204, 366.
Cardwell, Edward to Seymour, Governor Frederick 1 August 1864, NAC :, 292.
Cardwell, Edward to Seymour, Governor Frederick 22 July 1865, NAC :, 206.
The Colonial Despatches: Ahan
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Cardwell, Edward 7 July 1865, CO 60:22, no. 8623, 192.
Birch, Arthur Nonus to Cardwell, Edward 3 March 1866, CO 60:24, no. 4648, 77.
The Colonial Despatches: Waddington, Alfred Penderell
Cardwell, Edward to Seymour, Governor Frederick 24 February 1865, NAC :, 86.
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Cardwell, Edward 30 August 1864, CO 60:19, no. 9648, 52.
Romaine, William Govett to Rogers, Baron Blachford Frederic 31 August 1864, CO 60:20, no. 8259, 31.
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Grenville, Richard 28 July 1868, CO 60:33, no. 9917, 89.
The Colonial Despatches: Whymper, Frederick
Kennedy, Arthur to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 13 May 1864, CO 305:22, no. 6010, 197.
Churchill, James D. to Cardwell, Edward 22 May 1866, CO 60:26, no. 5111, 273.
Cardwell, Edward to Kennedy, Arthur 11 August 1865, NAC :, 168.
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Carnarvon, Earl 2 April 1867, CO 60:28, no. 5073, 2.
Paget, C. to Rogers, Baron Blachford Frederic 14 December 1864, CO 305:24, no. 11534, 48.
Paget, C. to Rogers, Baron Blachford Frederic 29 November 1864, CO 305:24, no. 11063, 16.
Cardwell, Edward to Birch, Arthur Nonus 16 January 1866, NAC :, 50.
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Cardwell, Edward 7 June 1865, CO 60:22, no. 8242, 73.
Paget, C. to Rogers, Baron Blachford Frederic 14 December 1864, CO 305:24, no. 11533, 28.
The Colonial Despatches: Stuart Island
Cardwell, Edward to Seymour, Governor Frederick 11 August 1865, NAC :, 249.
Kennedy, Arthur to Cardwell, Edward 3 June 1865, CO 305:25, no. 7324, 459.
Wolley, Thomas to Knatchbull-Hugessen, Edward Hugessen 28 February 1871, CO 60:44, no. 2169, 198.
The Colonial Despatches: Seymour, Governor Frederick
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Elliot, Thomas Frederick 29 May 1866, CO 60:26, no. 5184, 404.
The Colonial Despatches: Kingcome, Rear Admiral John
Cardwell, Edward to Seymour, Governor Frederick 29 October 1864, NAC :, 336.
Romaine, William Govett to Rogers, Baron Blachford Frederic 13 August 1864, CO 60:20, no. 7665, 27.
Cardwell, Edward to Birch, Arthur Nonus 31 May 1866, NAC :, 212.
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Grenville, Richard 1 February 1868, CO 60:32, no. 3371, 12.
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Cardwell, Edward 31 August 1864, CO 60:19, no. 10594, 95.

People in this document

Vancouver, Captain George

Places in this document

Desolation Sound

Strait of Georgia

The Colonial Despatches Team. Bute Inlet. 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/bute_inlet.html.

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Bute Inlet