''Columbia'' was a
barque launched in 1835 in London for the
Hudson's Bay Company
The Hudson's Bay Company (HBC), originally the Governor and Company of Adventurers of England Trading Into Hudson’s Bay, is a Canadian holding company of department stores, and the oldest corporation in North America. It was the owner of the ...
(HBC). She served in the service of the
Columbia District of the HBC on the
Columbia River and elsewhere in the
Pacific Northwest
The Pacific Northwest (PNW; ) is a geographic region in Western North America bounded by its coastal waters of the Pacific Ocean to the west and, loosely, by the Rocky Mountains to the east. Though no official boundary exists, the most common ...
in the 1830s and 1840s.
''British Columbia: From the Earliest Times to the Present'', Alexander Begg, p. 139
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''Columbia'' first appeared in '' Lloyd's Register'' (''LR'') in 1836 with Darbey, master, and Hudson's Bay Company, owner.[''LR'' (1836), seq.№C637.]
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On her maiden voyage, in 1835, she served as escort to the '' Beaver.'' Her voyages included the coast of California
California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...
and the Sandwich Islands. She made six voyages out of London in all, and spent part of 1846–1847 in Fort Victoria, British Columbia. ''Columbia'' was sold in 1850.
Various letters addressed to sailors serving aboard the barque ''Columbia'' survive in the book ''Undelivered Letters to Hudson's Bay Company Men on the Northwest Coast of America, 1830-57''.[
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See also
* List of ships in British Columbia
Citations
References
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1835 ships
Age of Sail merchant ships of England
Oregon Country
History of Washington (state)
Pre-Confederation British Columbia
Barques
Hudson's Bay Company ships
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