Lama Passage: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
Added image. |
|||
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
[[File:Approaching Bella Bella.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Lama Passage just south of [[Bella Bella, British Columbia|Bella Bella]]]] |
|||
'''Lama Passage''', sometimes referred to as '''Lama Pass''', is a [[strait]] on the [[British Columbia Coast|Central Coast of British Columbia]], [[Canada]], between [[Denny Island (Canada)|Denny]], [[Campbell Island (British Columbia)|Campbell]] and [[Hunter Island (British Columbia)|Hunter]] Islands. It is part of the [[Inside Passage]] shipping route, connecting [[Seaforth Channel]] with [[Fisher Channel]]. It was named for a [[Hudson's Bay Company]] brigantine, the ''[[Lama (brig)|Lama]]'', under Captain McNeill (namesake of [[Port McNeill]]), which with another HBC vessel, the ''[[Dryad (ship)|Dryad]]'' under Captain Kipling, brought building materials and stores from [[Fort Vancouver]] for the founding of [[Fort McLoughlin]] in 1833. |
'''Lama Passage''', sometimes referred to as '''Lama Pass''', is a [[strait]] on the [[British Columbia Coast|Central Coast of British Columbia]], [[Canada]], between [[Denny Island (Canada)|Denny]], [[Campbell Island (British Columbia)|Campbell]] and [[Hunter Island (British Columbia)|Hunter]] Islands. It is part of the [[Inside Passage]] shipping route, connecting [[Seaforth Channel]] with [[Fisher Channel]]. It was named for a [[Hudson's Bay Company]] brigantine, the ''[[Lama (brig)|Lama]]'', under Captain McNeill (namesake of [[Port McNeill]]), which with another HBC vessel, the ''[[Dryad (ship)|Dryad]]'' under Captain Kipling, brought building materials and stores from [[Fort Vancouver]] for the founding of [[Fort McLoughlin]] in 1833. |
||
Revision as of 10:54, 8 October 2020
Lama Passage, sometimes referred to as Lama Pass, is a strait on the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada, between Denny, Campbell and Hunter Islands. It is part of the Inside Passage shipping route, connecting Seaforth Channel with Fisher Channel. It was named for a Hudson's Bay Company brigantine, the Lama, under Captain McNeill (namesake of Port McNeill), which with another HBC vessel, the Dryad under Captain Kipling, brought building materials and stores from Fort Vancouver for the founding of Fort McLoughlin in 1833.
References
52°05′00″N 128°07′00″W / 52.08333°N 128.11667°W