Vancouver Maritime Museum

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Jan 27/08

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Spirit of Canada Ocean Challenge - February 5

St Roch History

While we continue to develop our new website, please enjoy our rich photographic history of the St Roch at where you will have a number of choices. You can learn about the Northwest Passage, the St Roch and the Arctic including the people who live there and the environment.

Initiative to Erect a Statue to Commemorate one of Canada’s Greatest Arctic Explorers Begins in Vancouver – May 24, 2005

Current Exhibits

Online Exhibits

Permanent Exhibits/Galleries

Floor Plan

Heritage Harbour

Children's Maritime Discovery Centre

St. Roch

Did you know?

That Captain George Vancouver was an experienced, sailor, explorer, navigator and cartographer who mapped the coastline of British Columbia in 1792. In several voyages between 1791 and 1795, Captain Vancouver charted for the first time the rugged coastline of what is today Oregon, Washington and British Columbia. So thorough were his charts, that mariners used them for well over a hundred years. One of the world’s great mariners, George Vancouver was born in King’s Lynn, UK on June 22, 1757. Although the British Navy Captain’s life ended in obscurity when he died in 1798, the city that bears his name will recognize his remarkable achievements.