Captain James Cook Vancouver Island
Canadian History
March 29,1778
Captain James Cook Sight Vancouver Island
- Captain James Cook sighted land at Vancouver Island. He landed at Nootka, sighted Mount Elias (10 May) and continued north to Alaska and the Bering Strait.
Endeavour
Captain James Cook's ship "Endeavour" in Nootka Sound, on Vancouver Island
Library and Archives Canada/C-11201)*
Quote
"Do just once what others say you can’t do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again"
“Ambition leads me not only farther than any other man has been before me, but as far as I think it possible for man to go”
Capt. James Cook from an original painting of Sir Joseph Banks. 1790. Library and Archives Canada MIKAN 3022686