[DOC] [TLE] George Vancouver - Wikipedia [PAR] Captain George Vancouver (22 June 1757  10 May 1798) was an English 
officer of the Royal ... In Canada, Vancouver Island and the city Vancouver are 
named after him, as are Vancouver, Washington in the United States, Mount 
Vancouver on the Yukon/Alaska border and New Zealand's sixth highest 
mountain. [DOC] [TLE] George Vancouver - United States History [PAR] The role of George Vancouver in the history of the United States of America. ... 
the Pacific coast along what would become Oregon, Washington, and British 
Columbia. ... His parents were John Jasper Vancouver, an assistant collector of 
customs at ... He was with Captain Cook on the latter's famous voyage around the 
world... [DOC] [TLE] Vancouver, George (1758-1798) - HistoryLink.org [PAR] Mar 4, 2003 ... George Vancouver was an important explorer of Puget Sound. ... He named 
every island, mountain, waterway, and point of land in sight -- 75 in all. ... Nine 
years later, he was second in command under Captain Henry Roberts aboard ... 
European to enter Puget Sound above the entrance to Admiralty Inlet. [DOC] [TLE] While searching for the Northwest Passage, Captain George ... [PAR] WA Secretary of State logo ... On May 19, 1792, British Captain George 
Vancouver anchored off the present site of the city of Seattle. ... the entire region 
for England, naming it New Georgia, after King George III. ... In the course of his 
explorations, Vancouver named many geographical features in what is now 
Washington,... [DOC] [TLE] Origin of Washington Geographic Names (Continued) - JStor [PAR] named Burrows Island in honor of Captain William Burrows, United. States ... It 
was named by the United States Coast. Survey in ... pedition, 1841, in honor of 
J. D. Brackenridge, assistant botanist of the United ... Inlet, between Fox and 
McNeil Islands, but that name did not persist. ... Captain George Vancouver, in 
1792. [DOC] [TLE] Admiralty Head Lighthouse, Washington at Lighthousefriends.com [PAR] Admiralty Head Lighthouse, Washington Lighthouses, Photographs, pictures, 
history, ... link between the northwestern part of the state and the Olympic 
Peninsula. ... Captain George Vancouver named Admiralty Inlet on June 2, 1792 
in honor of ... married in October 1867, seventeen-year-old Flora became 
assistant keeper. [DOC] [TLE] Dabop Bay ~ Dyke Point Origin of Washington Geographic Names [PAR] Dahop Inlet, see Dabop Bay. ... It appears with that name on the United States 
Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart 6300, ... The larger island he named Fox in 
honor of the J. L. Fox, assistant surgeon of the expedition, and ... The English 
explorer, Captain George Vancouver, 1792, had named the inner waterway Port 
Gardner. [DOC] [TLE] Lithographs and Charts of Captain George Vancouver's Expeditions [PAR] Repository: Western Washington University, Western Libraries Heritage 
Resources ... United States--Discovery and exploration--History--Sources. ... 
Captain George Vancouver (1757-1798) was a member of the second British ... 
In 1791 Vancouver was given command of the ship the Discovery (named in 
honor of Cook) to... [DOC] [TLE] George Vancouver (1757-1798) - Maritime Professional [PAR] Feb 18, 2011 ... Captain George Vancouver is remembered today primarily for places that were 
named after him, such as Vancouver Island and ... in British Columbia and the 
city of Vancouver in Washington State. ... They decided to name the large island 
that included Nootka Sound as Quadra and Vancouver Island. [DOC] [TLE] The Wilkes Exploring Expedition in the Pacific Northwest [PAR] They made up the United States Exploring Expedition or, as it came to be known, 
.... Captain George Vancouver had come here exactly 49 years before, and while 
... the Vincennes was boarded by the crew of a large canoe, and one of the 
natives ... Inlet was named after midshipman George Hammersly, and McNeil 
Island... [DOC] [TLE] Origin of Washington Geographic Names [PAR] and Captain George Vancouver, under the British flag, discovered and named 
Puget ... thirteen large books issued by the Government comprise a

Question: This large inlet in Washington state was named for Captain George Vancouver's aide
Answer: Puget Sound