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HMS Endymion (1865)
In 1870 the RN Pacific fleet was based out of Esquimalt, Vancouver Island, which was not (yet) part of Canada. The term Vancouver therefore applied to the Island, not the city of Vancouver, which would not come into existence until 1886.
21:3721:37, 9 November 2023diffhist−1
HMS Endymion (1865)
In 1870 the RN Pacific fleet was based out of Esquimalt, Vancouver Island, which was not (yet) part of Canada. The term Vancouver therefore applied to the Island, not the city of Vancouver, which would not come into existence until 1886.