George Vancouver
Captain George Vancouver (22 June 1757 – 10 May 1798) was a British
Royal Navy officer best known for his
1791–1795 expedition, which explored and charted North America's northwestern
Pacific Coast regions, including the coasts of what are now the
Canadian province of
British Columbia and the
U.S. states of
Alaska,
Washington,
Oregon, and
California. The expedition also explored the
Hawaiian Islands and the southwest coast of
Australia.
Vancouver Island, the city of
Vancouver in British Columbia,
Vancouver River on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia,
Vancouver, Washington in the United States,
Mount Vancouver on the Canadian–US border between
Yukon and Alaska, and New Zealand's
fourth-highest mountain, also
Mount Vancouver, are all named after him.
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