The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Vancouver
The Vancouver was a HBC owned barque that operated between London and the Northwest Coast.1 In 1845 it became the first ship to enter Victoria Harbour direct from England.2
1. Hubert Howe Bancroft, The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft: History of British Columbia 1792-1887, vol. 32 (San Francisco: The History Company, 1887), 120.