The Colonial Despatches: Shadwell Passage

Shadwell Passage

Shadwell Passage is located at the northern end of Vancouver Island, between Hope Island and Nigei Island. In modern times, the passage is a RockFish Conservation Area.1

In 1863 Captain Pike spent a night anchored in Shadwell Passage with the HMS Devastation.2

1. Rockfish Conservation Areas, Department of Fisheries and Oceans.
2. Paget to Rogers (Permanent Under-Secretary), 29 June 1863, 6387, CO 60/17, p. 33.

Mentions of this place in the documents

Paget, C. to Rogers, Baron Blachford Frederic 29 June 1863, CO 60:17, no. 6387, 33.

People in this document

Pike, Commander John W.

Vessels in this document

HMS Devastation, 1841-1866

Places in this document

Hope Island

Nigei Island

Vancouver Island

The Colonial Despatches Team. Shadwell Passage. 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/shadwell_passage.html.

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Colonial Despatches

The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871

Shadwell Passage