; CN ee te oa ‘Battered | by gales - and
- - 7 rn ce _ drenched by: icy downpours,
: paras the lonely little Sonora’

. “clawed her way to 57 degrees
Gulf Islands. of. B. C. are aware “that. they > ‘are 20. minutes north latitude—

halfway .- up. the: . Alaskan
treading | on. -territory once claimed. as | part of. the ‘Panhandle. There his. sick

. »-\ and-tattered: ship's: company —

et ne paused before . turning.

They. came to assert homeward age took: Korma

years, before Captain James. Spain* s ‘‘rights'’'. to..the.. . in,

‘Cook’ landed at. Nootka» in’ northwest. coast and-to ‘Stop

1778, Spanish. explorers. sail- Russian fur- traders. moving |

—ed up our coast from basés i in:

_ Mexico and California...

oO As s far back a as: 1774—~a f few

; by tional exp large wooden |
cross in the. name of their
king. Carolos In, a oy

t -

One “of. these. doughty

Juan ‘Perez: brought the Spanish seamen was. Juan

Spanish colours in 1774: when, Fransisco’ de la Bodega | Y-
he sailed as far s north as the ” ‘Quadra. He area or this _ .

“trary. winds,“

ame in | ‘scurvy and a surprise Indian
.They came. in: cockleshell ack

vessels: venturing into re-- 2c daunt the
mote and stormy seas. Some CUrageous Quadra,
_ of them. died swiftly at the Be
hands .of angry” Indians. (oe
Others, with ..their gums SIC ND t
‘toothless..and bleeding, per ee te
ished in. the slower anguish . He: ‘pressed’ on, | taking.
of scurvy. - fresh trouble for. granted.”

failed io

>

ae i ey 1 | 8 Sho
- COLLECTING OYSTERS on Cortez, ,another of B.C. Ma SB Sate
an ~ “Spanish: Islands’ (B. C. Govt photo]. er Genrer

ve ae : bay . rite eg vee 7

opping Centre” oe 7 7 on |

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ECAUSE. YOU'RE WOR
PURCHASE -

‘That. epic voyage. _was
commemorated i in 1903 when -
three. islands east. of Discov- |
“ery. Passage were named. in-
honour of Quadra,his: ‘stout
little ship. Sonora, and -his -.
sub-lieutenant © ‘Francisco. .
Antonio. Maurelle. ae

-.. Few. . Vancouver — Islands
résidents. know. today. that.
their. island’ was also. once »
named after Quadra. British

Pl icon affective Fri, Sat., Sun, .
Oo Sapte 16-18 or while stock laste,

“ Lonse tee at 16th.

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