santa_saturninaSanta Saturnina
The santa_saturninaSanta Saturnina was a comparatively small sloop, at roughly 12 m long and 3.5 m wide.1 It was built in Nootka Sound in 1790.2 Scott notes that the santa_saturninaSanta Saturnina was constructed from pieces of the santa_gertrudisSanta Gertrudis la Magna, thought to be the first European-built ship in the Pacific Northwest.3
In 1791, under the command of José María Narváez, the santa_saturninaSanta Saturnina explored Barkley Sound, the Strait of Georgia, and the Haro Strait, and sailed within sight of Desolation Sound and Nanaimo Harbour.4
The santa_saturninaSanta Saturnina draws its name from the German martyr St Saturnina, patron saint of farmers and wine merchants.5
  • 1. John Crosse, "The Spanish Discovery of the Gulf of Georgia" British Columbia Historical News, 25 (1991-92) 30-32.
  • 2. Andrew Scott, The Encyclopedia of Raincoast Placenames (Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishing, 2009), 524.
  • 3. Ibid.
  • 4. Ibid.
  • 5. Ibid.
Mentions of this vessel in the documents
The Colonial Despatches Team. Santa Saturnina. 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/santa_saturnina.html.

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