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Print, PhotographEntry/Object ID
P18888Description
Discovery Bay reader board with history of Captain George Vancouver. Sign reads " Discovery Bay - On May 2, 1792, the intrepid English explorer, Captain George Vancouver, In search of a Northwest Passage, sailed his sloop Discovery and the armed tender Chatham down the Strait of Juan De Fuca and into this sheltered harbor. This bay Vancouver named Port Discovery for his ship, and the small island guarding the entrance he appropriately called Protection Island. While at anchor here, Vancouver set out in small boats for further exploration of this vicinity and discovered nearby the harbor of Port Townsend, so named by him for the Marquis of Townsend."Collection
Sign / Discovery BayLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
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Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Discovery Bay, WA, SignCreate Date
November 22, 2017Update Date
June 25, 2026