Landing Site of Captain George Vancouver
N 47° 56.923 W 122° 18.374
10T E 551803 N 5310833
Historical Marker next to the lighthouse in Mukilteo, WA
Waymark Code: WM25T4
Location: Washington, United States
Date Posted: 09/09/2007
Views: 113
The marker is located at the SE corner of the Mukilteo lighthouse. The text reads:
On May 30, 1792, Captain Vancouver and his party anchored off this point and came ashore the following morning. Commissioned by the British to survey the N.W. coast of America, they named this area Rose Point for the many wild roses that grew here.
Marker Name: Landing site of Capt. George Vancouver
Marker Type: City
Town name: Mukilteo
Date marker was placed: August 22, 1999
Placer: Daughters of the American Colonists
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