Fort San Miguel
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Fort San Miguel was a Spanish fortification at Yuquot on Nootka Island, just west of north-central Vancouver Island. It protected the Spanish settlement, called Santa Cruz de Nuca, the first colony in
Depiction of Fort San Miguel, 1793
Santa Cruz de Nuca
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Santa Cruz de Nuca was a Spanish colonial fort and settlement and the first European colony in what is now known as British Columbia. The settlement was founded on Vancouver Island in 1789 and abandon
Fort San Miguel
…fortification at Yuquot (formerly Friendly Cove) on Nootka Island, just west of north-central Vancouver Island. It protected the Spanish settlement, called Santa Cruz de Nuca, the first colony in British Columbia. It was first built by Esteban José Martínez in 1789 but dismantled in October of that year. It was then rebuilt…
Seizure of Capt. Colnett
Friendly Cove, Nootka Sound. Volume I, plate VII from: A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and Round the World by George Vancouver.
Three Nuu-chah-nulth children in Yuquot, 1930s