Description
Collective Title: Edwin Augustus Porcher HMS Sparrowhawk diary and watercolor drawings
Image Licence
Public Domain
Image Credit
Courtesy of Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University
Location
Royal Canadian Navy Pacific Fleet Base, Esquimalt, Vancouver Island, Canada
Country
Canada
Tags
Category
Buildings & Architecture
TWW Comment
Porcher Island, near Prince Rupert, British Columbia, is named after Edwin Augustus Porcher (1821–1878), who served as captain of HMS Sparrowhawk at Esquimalt Naval Base, Vancouver Island, from the spring of 1865 until he returned to England in autumn 1868.