#Captain George Vancouver

[ltwilliammowett]

HMS Discovery and HMS Chatham approaching Cape Flattery, 29 April, 1792, by Christopher Blossom (1956-)

[rabbitcruiser]

Captain George Vancouver claimed Puget Sound for the Kingdom of Great Britain on June 4, 1792.

[barbucomedie]

Royal Navy Issue Boarding Pistol from the British Empire dated between 1791 - 1795 on display at the Vancouver Maritime Museum in Canada

Explorers like Captain George Vancouver, who charted and claimed what is now British Columbia in Canada, were also officers in the Royal Navy. The ships and crews were armed and were ready and trained to use violence against Native peoples or rival empires.

Pistols with long barrels, like this one, were commonly used by seamen were as ones with shorter barrels were issued to officers officers. These pistols were cheaper than the ones produced for the army and were mainly use for close combat with a heavy handle which could be used as a bludgeoning weapon.

Photographs taken by myself 2023

[flowerishness]

Araucaria araucana (monkey puzzle tree)

The monkey puzzle tree evolved in the early Jurassic and it’s sharp pointed leaves, no doubt, dissuaded dinosaurs from eating them. Monkey puzzles have girl cones (photo 1) and boy cones (photo 2) on separate trees. The female cones mature in autumn, about 18 months after pollination, and contain about 200 seeds. They don’t start producing seeds until the tree is 40 years old. This tree is native to Argentina and Chile but because of logging, cattle grazing and climate change it is now on the Endangered Species List in its home range.

The monkey puzzle tree was introduced to European gardens by Archibald Menzies, a plant collector and surgeon on Captain George Vancouver’s circumnavigation of the globe in 1795.  Last year my neighbor planted a baby monkey puzzle in his front yard. Monkey puzzles can grow over a hundred feet tall and live for 1300 years so it’s unlikely that either of us will see this one grow to maturity. No problem. I have seen twenty or thirty monkey puzzle trees growing in my neighborhood. and although endangered in their native Chile, the international gardening community has assured their survival as a species.

[willigula]

A chart shewing part of the coast of N.W. America : with the tracks of His Majesty's sloop Discovery and armed tender Chatham, Captain George Vancouver, 1798

Originally "Puget Sound" referred only to the lower sound below Tacoma, with Admiralty Inlet describing the rest. Lushootseed people called it x̌ʷə́lč or "whulge," an onomatopoeia of the sound of small waves, meaning water or sea. The entire body of water is often called Salish Sea.

via Library of Congress

[onmytape]

please do tell about the pg cougars

okay i’m kissing you on the mouth rn for asking. i’ll try to be chill about this

in general the team is very close. partially bc prince george is so much further from other teams so travel is longer and also bc there’s nothing to do in pg and it’s so isolated from other cities so they basically just spend a lot of time with each other. something about being the joke of the league makes you closer…idk. the team this season has been the best they’ve been in a long time. they made it to round two of the playoffs for the first time in 17 years this season (only to be swept by seattle) but they’ve been fun to watch! and they have two top prospects that will be drafted in june. 

here's the notable players from this season. i was going to make a separate post for wheaty/wiebe to beg dallas/anaheim fans to like them next season but whatver. I can’t wait. 

chase wheatcroft #29 (from calgary, ab) was traded a few times and had a mediocre juniors career and went undrafted. winnipeg traded him in the 2022 offseason to pg because they had other 20 year olds and couldn’t keep him, but everyone likes to bring up that he was traded for a fourth round pick and then became one of the whl's top scorers. he’s said that he didn’t fit into the role winnipeg wanted for him, which was an older, enforcer type. he’s a lover, not a fighter. Even though pg has a reputation for being a physical, dirty team, he was a perfect fit. they gave him an “a” and the team and city loved him. literally so humble. he was a favourite for media stuff and the post-game show. he was signed by dallas in march.  

jaxsen wiebe #22 (moose jaw, sk) another undrafted overager, wiebe was also traded a few times. he won the ed chynoweth cup with edmonton last year. He’s a bit of a short fuse and is hated by most whl fans. before getting traded to pg he had five suspensions over three years for a total of 18 games. A lot of dirty hits/fights and generally a poor attitude, yelling at refs and fans, etc. he was suspended on his last team when he was traded in november but eventually he became really well liked in pg. eventually he and wheaty were put on the same line (the team socials call them wiebecroft) and wheaty tamed him...???and taught him how to love...<???idk??. he was invited to and attended the columbus dev camp in 2022 and he was signed by anaheim in march. during the playoffs he was kicked out of game three against seattle for a hit on colton dach and given a suspension so he didn’t get to play his last whl game. 

dynamic duo - riley heidt #27 (saskatoon, sk) and koehn ziemmer #13 (mayerthorpe, ab) are two forwards projected to go first round/early second round in the draft. Both were drafted to pg (ziemmer in 2019, heidt in 2020) and have played their whole junior careers there. despite technically being draft competition, they’ve been dubbed the “dynamic duo” because of their linemate chemistry. theoretically heidt is the playmaker and ziemmer scores the goals but in reality heidt's a princess and ziemmer is his enforcer. they played on opposite teams at the chl prospect game.

ethan samson #4 (delta, bc) was drafted by the flyers in 2021. unanimously voted the captain by the team in 2022 and totally deserves it. looks like he could kill you (and he could) but he also pats his teammates heads like mama duck when they score. was invited to 2022 wjc camp but didn’t make the team. part of the trio.

Honourable mention: goalies (the "ty's") tyler brennan #30 (winnipeg, mb) drafted to new jersey in 2022, ty young #33 (coaldale, ab) drafted to vancouver in 2022. brennan was the third goalie for canada's u18 team in 2021, also invited to the 2023 wjc team camp but didn't make the cut. part of the trio.

blake eastman #28: the third and final part of the “trio” with samson and brennan. he’s not the best player, a fourth liner. not tough enough to be an enforcer but he is definitely a shit disturber. has never blinked in his life. Eastman is the only one of the trio that wasn’t drafted and no pro team has taken interest in him. the trio was all drafted to the whl in 2018 and have played their entire junior careers in pg. samson and brennan will be moving on next year and it’s highly unlikely the cougars will keep eastman as one of their 20 year olds. i firmly believe he could be the new mascot. If he’s not already. 

the team vibes:

[charlesandmartine]

Tuesday 13th June 2023

Well, we had planned a lot for today and we knew it might be tough. Early start; hotel breakfast, then shuttle bus 1 mile back to the airport to buy a Canadian SIM card and then collect the rental from Mr Alamo. He kindly let us have a very nice Audi A4 in tasteful black. Now as motorists, we were able to drive to the ferry terminal at Tsawwassen to travel the 95 minute straits across to Nanaimo on Vancouver Island where we shall tour until Saturday.

The image I had was an island similar in size to the Isle of Wight. Absolutely not so, VI is 283 miles in length and 63 miles at its widest point. Named after Captain George Vancouver of the Royal Navy who explored the Pacific Northwest in the late eighteenth century, it is the world's 43rd largest island and Canada's 11th largest island. We intend in the limited time available to us to explore just a little of its beauty in the next few days.

After collecting a rubbery chicken and some sauv blanc we checked in for a couple of nights at our first Airbnb close to Lake Cowichan. A vast and beautiful lake some 3 square miles in size, sitting comfortably within broadleaf and Pine forests. Our lodgings are indeed most acceptable with one exception. Unloading the car of the groceries and rubbery chicken, we became aware of a herd of free-range birds of the same variety but very much alive. The leader of the gang was a bruiser of a cockerel worthy of a starring role in Chicken Run or Chainsaw Massacre. He took an immediate dislike to us and flew at us like a banshee, feathers flying, feet claws and beak working as choreographed road-drills taking chunks out of the leg department. We straight away complained to the host and now the said bird is incarcerated behind barbed wire whilst we are left applying a balm of savlon on wounded areas. Apparently he's a rescue bird! Clearly has more severe mental health issues than previously diagnosed on the psychiatrist's couch. The host was mortified vis-a-vis and produced within a very short period of time gifts of compensation.

The countryside here is glorious, and we shall spend time tomorrow exploring more of it.

ps the property has a bear fence surrounding it. If bears should go berserk, I doubt we packed sufficient savlon!

[nwbeerguide]

In a nod to Star Trek, Portland's Ecliptic Brewing releases their latest in the Special Release Series, Super Phaser Hazy Double IPA.

image courtesy Ecliptic Brewing Company

Press Release

Portland, Oregon. Earth. (March 8, 2023)- Ecliptic Brewing is excited to launch the next beer in their Special Release Series: Super Phaser Hazy Double IPA. Shipping March 15th in 16-ounce cans and draft, this beer is a souped-up version of their fan-favorite, All The Time Series Phaser Hazy IPA.

Super Phaser Hazy Double IPA is brewed with pale malt and Imperial Juice Yeast. Flaked oats and wheat help create a soft mouthfeel, while extra hop doses add incredible aroma and juicy hop flavor. This punched-up version of the company’s original flagship hazy IPA features Azacca, Mosaic, El Dorado, and Citra hops and clocks in at 8% ABV.

“I thought it would be a fun project this year to take Phaser Hazy IPA to the double IPA level,” says Owner and Brewmaster, John Harris. “We added an extra 1.5 pounds of hops per barrel in the dry hop to really elevate the aroma and flavor. As the beer’s label copy says, ‘we've given her all we’ve got’ – which is a fun nod to Star Trek.”

Super Phaser Hazy Double IPA will be released in 16-ounce cans and draft throughout Ecliptic Brewing’s distribution network on March 15th. Visit Ecliptic’s website for up-to-date details on this release and potential release events.                                                                 

Super Phaser Hazy Double IPA "WE'VE GIVEN HER ALL WE'VE GOT CAPTAIN!!" Super Phaser Hazy Double IPA takes our fan-favorite Phaser to the extreme. With a higher ABV and extra doses of Azacca, Mosaic, El Dorado and Citra, this recipe dials up the juicy hop flavor to an absolutely stunning degree.

ABV: 8% IBU: 55

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About Ecliptic Brewing Ecliptic Brewing is a venture from John Harris, an Oregon beer icon whose background is steeped in the state’s rich craft brewing history. The name Ecliptic unites Harris’ two passions: brewing and astronomy. Ecliptic Brewing’s Mothership location opened in October of 2013 in North Portland and its second location – the Moon Room –opened in November of 2021 in Southeast Portland.

Ecliptic celebrates the Earth’s yearly journey around the sun through both its beer and restaurant menus. Harris’ signature beers include Ecliptic Starburst IPA, Phaser Hazy IPA, Carina Peach Sour Ale, Capella Porter, Pyxis Pilsner and LIGO West Coast IPA. 

Ecliptic beers are available at the mothership brewery (825 North Cook St), the Moon Room (930 SE Oak St), in grocery stores, bottle shops, and on-tap throughout the area. They are distributed by: Maletis Beverage (Portland, Salem, Vancouver WA), Bigfoot Beverage (Eugene, Bend, Coast), Fort George Distributing (Northern Oregon Coast, Southern Washington Coast), Hodgen Distributing (Eastern Oregon), Summit Distribution (Southern Oregon), NW Beverages (Seattle, Tacoma), Odom (Eastern Washington, Northern ID), Dickerson Distributing (Bellingham), Hayden Beverage (Idaho), Crooked Stave Artisans (Colorado), Freedom Distributors (North Carolina), Arizona Beer & Cider (Arizona), Beer Thirst (Canada) and Tread Water (Japan). 

For more information, visit: eclipticbrewing.com.

from Northwest Beer Guide - News - The Northwest Beer Guide https://bit.ly/3kV9bWa

[julianworker]

Galiano Island

This excerpt is taken from my new e-book On Foot : Islands of British Columbia and the Sunshine Coast The first European to see the area around Galiano Island was the 18th Century Spanish explorer and naval officer, Dionisio Alcala-Galiano, while on a coastal mapping expedition. In 1792, he encountered the British Captain, George Vancouver, sailing just off the coast of this island, on a…

[brookstonalmanac]

Events 6.4 (before 1940)

1411 – King Charles VI granted a monopoly for the ripening of Roquefort cheese to the people of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon as they had been doing for centuries. 1561 – The steeple of St Paul's, the medieval cathedral of London, is destroyed in a fire caused by lightning and is never rebuilt. 1615 – Siege of Osaka: Forces under Tokugawa Ieyasu take Osaka Castle in Japan. 1745 – Battle of Hohenfriedberg: Frederick the Great's Prussian army decisively defeated an Austrian army under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine during the War of the Austrian Succession. 1760 – Great Upheaval: New England planters arrive to claim land in Nova Scotia, Canada, taken from the Acadians. 1783 – The Montgolfier brothers publicly demonstrate their montgolfière (hot air balloon). 1784 – Élisabeth Thible becomes the first woman to fly in an untethered hot air balloon. Her flight covers four kilometres (2.5 mi) in 45 minutes, and reached 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) altitude (estimated). 1792 – Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for the Kingdom of Great Britain. 1802 – King Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia abdicates his throne in favor of his brother, Victor Emmanuel. 1812 – Following Louisiana's admittance as a U.S. state, the Louisiana Territory is renamed the Missouri Territory. 1825 – General Lafayette, a French officer in the American Revolutionary War, speaks at what would become Lafayette Square in Buffalo, New York, during his visit to the United States. 1855 – Major Henry C. Wayne departs New York aboard the USS Supply to procure camels to establish the U.S. Camel Corps. 1859 – Italian Independence wars: In the Battle of Magenta, the French army, under Louis-Napoleon, defeat the Austrian army. 1862 – American Civil War: Confederate troops evacuate Fort Pillow on the Mississippi River, leaving the way clear for Union troops to take Memphis, Tennessee. 1876 – An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, via the First transcontinental railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after leaving New York City. 1878 – Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title. 1896 – Henry Ford completes the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile, and gives it a successful test run. 1912 – Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage. 1913 – Emily Davison, a suffragette, runs out in front of King George V's horse at The Derby. She is trampled, never regains consciousness, and dies four days later. 1916 – World War I: Russia opens the Brusilov Offensive with an artillery barrage of Austro-Hungarian lines in Galicia. 1917 – The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for biography (for Julia Ward Howe). Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert B. Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the New York World. 1919 – Women's rights: The U.S. Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guarantees suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification. 1919 – Leon Trotsky bans the Planned Fourth Regional Congress of Peasants, Workers and Insurgents. 1920 – Hungary loses 71% of its territory and 63% of its population when the Treaty of Trianon is signed in Paris. 1928 – The President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, is assassinated by Japanese agents. 1932 – Marmaduke Grove and other Chilean military officers lead a coup d'état establishing the short-lived Socialist Republic of Chile. 1939 – The Holocaust: The MS St. Louis, a ship carrying 963 German Jewish refugees, is denied permission to land in Florida, in the United States, after already being turned away from Cuba. Forced to return to Europe, more than 200 of its passengers later die in Nazi concentration camps.

[ltwilliammowett]

The Hancock off Lahaina, Maui, 1791, by Mark Myers (1945-)

The Boston brigantine Hancock is shown surrounded by native craft as she comes to anchor at the island of Maui in Hawaii on her voyage to the Pacific Northwest in 1791. The view shows the ship off West Maui near Lahaina with the island of Kahoolawe in the right background. Based on the topography of the West Maui Mountains and the perspective of Kahoolawe, the area depicted is near Olowalu, an anchorage just slightly east of Lahaina.

Hancock was typical of the American fur-trading vessels active in establishing the early trade routes linking the Pacific Northwest, Hawaii and China. These early trading voyages would later help to justify America's claims to sovereignty over these areas. The Hancock sailed from Boston under the command of her owner Samuel Crowell in November 1790 bound for the rich seal and otter hunting grounds in the Pacific Northwest. En route, after first stopping at Staten Island to take seals before proceeding around Cape Horn, she arrived in Hawaiian waters during the spring or early summer of 1791. This arrival is depicted in the present work. During this visit a plan by local natives and beachcombing ex-mariners to capture the Hancock was discovered and thwarted by her crew. Hancock then sailed north and east, arriving off the Queen Charlotte Islands on July 14, 1791.

There she joined company with the brigantine Hope, also out of Boston, owned by Thomas H. Perkins and under the command of Joseph Ingraham. In August, 1791 Hancock encountered Captain Robert Gray and Columbia Rediviva at Masset Sound on Graham Island in the northern part of the Queen Charlotte Islands. In October Hancock was back in Hawaiian waters, again in company with Captain Ingraham and Hope. Both ships were bound for Canton with a cargo of seal and otter pelts. It is not known if Hancock and Hope proceeded to China together, but both were at Canton in early 1792.

After successfully marketing her cargo in Canton, Hancock departed China on April 26, 1792 sailing with Hope and the small sealing schooner Grace. They arrived back in the Queen Charlotte Islands on July 3. George Vancouver, on board Discovery, reported encountering Hancock at Nootka Sound in May, 1793. Further data regarding this voyage has not been uncovered. However, it is likely Hancock sailed again to Canton in the winter of 1793 before returning home to Boston via the Cape of Good Hope.

[rabbitcruiser]

Captain George Vancouver claimed Puget Sound for the Kingdom of Great Britain on June 4, 1792.  

[barbucomedie]

Royal Navy Issue Cutless from the British Empire dated between 1791 - 1795 on display at the Vancouver Maritime Museum in Canada

Explorers like Captain George Vancouver, who charted and claimed what is now British Columbia in Canada, were also officers in the Royal Navy. The ships and crews were armed and were ready and trained to use violence against Native peoples or rival empires.

Cutlesses like this were issued to seaman for boarding and defensive actions and out of combat were stored on the ship. When needed they were often distributed to the seamen in a barrel on deck for easy access. Regulation cutlesses were produced by a number of manufacturers so they were not all the exact same pattern.

Photographs taken by myself 2023

[psych---ologically-deranged]

Steve Franks, Kelly Kulchak, James Roday, Dulé Hill

SF: There is a park near my house where there is a group that does civil war reenactment

KK: A scout troop of two F: It's just Henry with the boys after school

Adam Cohen, John Wood

It took a minute & a half for Hill to get a phone call on the commentary

Gus found the parachute, not Shawn.

KK: Do you remember, steve, when we called Tracy & said we wanted to do Civil War & she said "idk what that is"? because,,, they don't have a civil war up there, & why would civil war reenactors be in canada anyways? I'm totally confused.

Shawn-Hearing

SF: That's my guitar! It's not actually my guitar. JRr: You could own it! SF: I could but then I'd have to steal it

Handing the beard to the chief was Nelson & Ombudsman

They wrote lines about "she's in a nursing uniform how can I not stare at her" but then they SAW the uniform the costume department chose

It was not in the script to hold the little guy up close to his ear

That's Hill's Stand-in there DH: I was doing amovie in vancouver & they had a white guy being my stand-in. I was like "this doesn't make any sense!" JRr: "This isn't going to help the gaffer at all!" One reason for stand-ins is so that the gaffer can set up lights right for someone of the actor's height & skin tone.

Tracey my man!

KK: Hill will not tell you it's stupid, he'll take you aside & ask you questions until you realize how dumb it is

Shawn, Don't lose this watch. Henry Spencer Alright, take away "Shawn", "this watch", "Spencer". What does the revised inscription read? (You didn't know that when you asked him to remove the words?) Don't lose. Henry Clean. To the point. I like it.

Certain episodes are built around one moment. Captain crunch, shawn can only talk to a cat...

KK: Just becaue we built an entire episode around Shawn civil war reenacting with a george foreman, doesn't mean you have to see it

DH: Shawn Spencer two, burton guster nill. SF: I had a bunch of love interests for you but you didn't want to hear any of them

babe I WISH we'd seen juliet's trunk!

DH: This tunnel was about three feet tall, & the two of us were in there together. They asl about the chemistry between me & roday. It's things like this.

[thedhananjayaparkhe]

DYK and TIQ

Did you know… … that today is Puget Sound Claim Day? In 1792, Captain George Vancouver claimed Puget Sound for Great Britain, naming it New Georgia, after King George III.~~~ Today’s Inspirational Quote: “Always show more kindness than you think is necessary because the receiver needs it more than you know.”— Arthur Caliandro

[siliconpalms]

Qeyapaplanewx the Great Warrior Chief of the Musqueam

Qeyapaplanewx demands respect and deserves to be honored. Over 300 years ago Vancouver was his Kingdom, he was the Chief of the Musqueam Nation.

His place marker overlooks the Pacific from a perch above the cliffs and if it were not for a memorial he’d be all but forgotten. Not anymore because I will always have this page to remind me, and anyone else who stumbles upon it, that a…