Canada Post Salutes Captain George Vancouver with a Stamp

CCNMatthews Newswire;  June 14, 2007 ;     502 words ......BRITISH COLUMBIA--(CCNMatthews - June 14, 2007) - George Vancouver was already an old salt when he sailed with Captain James Cook aboard the Resolution on a voyage...achievements during two decades of exploration. Captain Vancouver is credited with drawing the first...map of the Pacific Northwest ...

Canada Post Salutes Captain George Vancouver with a Stamp.

Canadian Corporate News;  June 14, 2007 ;     524 words ......COLUMBIA, Jun 14, 2007 (CCNMatthews via COMTEX) -- George Vancouver was already an old salt when he sailed with Captain James Cook aboard the Resolution on a voyage...achievements during two decades of exploration. Captain Vancouver is credited with drawing the first...map of the Pacific Northwest ...

Tacoma, Washington

Sea Classics;  January 1, 2001 ;     145 words ......renovate its 45,000-square-foot building which will include few facilities such as classrooms and offices. Captain George Vancouver brought European explorers to the Puget Sound area in the late 1700s. Thus began the rich maritime history...

Royal Engagements

The Independent - London;  October 24, 2000 ;     147 words ......Homerton Hospital, London E9. The Duke of Edinburgh visits the North Sea Haven Project and unveils a Statue of Captain George Vancouver at Custom House, King's Lynn, Norfolk; visits the Harwich Haven Authority's Operations Centre, Harwich, Essex...

Dean River

Canadian Encyclopedia;      76 words ......northwest and west through the COAST MOUNTAINS and empties near the head of Dean Channel. The name was given by Captain George VANCOUVER in 1793, the same year Alexander MACKENZIE paddled the upper Dean R in his overland journey to the Pacific...

The great smallpox epidemic of 1775-82: Elizabeth A. Fenn examines a...

History Today;  August 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...CRUISING THE NORTHWEST coastline of America in 1792, Captain George Vancouver was troubled. Where, he wondered, were all the natives? The land was abundant, with a seemingly unlimited supply of salmon and...

Campbell River

Canadian Encyclopedia;      269 words ......Vancouver Island, about halfway between Victoria and Cape Scott, at the northern end of the Strait of Georgia. Captain George VANCOUVER of the Royal Navy surveyed the waters here in the early 1790s when the region was inhabited by the Southern...

George Vancouver 1792

Colombo's All Time Great Canadian Quotations;      131 words ...00-00-0000 George Vancouver 1792 To describe the beauties of this region will, on...written in the spring of 1792 by the English navigator Captain George Vancouver and was published in A Voyage of Discovery to the North...

A MONUMENT TO THE MAN

The Columbian;  April 20, 1998 ;     653 words ......the great British navigator Capt. George Vancouver. ``He said, ‘We already have...clear her group, The Friends of Capt. George Vancouver, is not knocking the sculpture. They...Royce Pollard The Friends of Capt. George Vancouver is kicking off the fund-raising campaign...

Capt. George's Seafood drops an anchor in Kill Devil Hills.(Y)

The Virginian Pilot;  October 23, 2008 ;     313 words ...By Michelle Wagner Correspondent Captain George's, a familiar name in Hampton Roads...in early spring in Kill Devil Hills. Captain George's Seafood Restaurant is under construction...Sherry Pitsilides of Virginia Beach. Captain George's has three other locations: Virginia...

ROAD TRIP REVIEW: CAPTAIN GEORGE'S

Roanoke Times & World News;  October 2, 2008 ;     488 words ......there. During a recent weekend trip, our son Jeff selected Captain George's for Saturday night dinner. He likes the place because...they are cleaned constantly, so debris does not accumulate. Captain George's Where: 5363 Richmond Road, Williamsburg. More locations...

Canada Post stamp to honour faceless explorer

Winnipeg Free Press;  May 25, 2007 ;     216 words ......commemorate the 250th anniversary of the birth of Capt. George Vancouver, it may be the first time the Crown corporation has honoured...gallery's website describes the portrait as: "Probably George Vancouver by unknown artist oil on canvas." -- CanWest News Service

ON THE ISLANDS OR MAINLAND, KAMEHAMEHA PORK IS FIT FOR A HAWAIIAN...

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  March 15, 2000 ;     677 words ......Are we there yet?'' Actually, Capt. George Vancouver never uttered those exact words while...previous voyage, King Kamehameha. If George Vancouver was a party animal, that aspect of...out of deference to the memory of George Vancouver, it might be nice if you kept on your...

Australia's flanker and captain George Smith (L) tries to break...

Getty Images;  October 1, 2007 ;     76 words ...PASCAL GUYOT Getty Images 10-01-2007 Australia's flanker and captain George Smith (L) tries to break... Full Size JPG (1504 KB) Australia's flanker and captain George Smith (L) tries to break away from Canada's flanker David Biddle (2L) during...

Former Wallaby captain George Gregan (C) has his photo taken...

Getty Images;  August 23, 2007 ;     100 words ...TORSTEN BLACKWOOD Getty Images 08-23-2007 Former Wallaby captain George Gregan (C) has his photo taken... Full Size JPG (1378 KB) Former Wallaby captain George Gregan (C) has his photo taken with Australian tourist Lucinda Dennison (L) and French...