A British officer of the Royal Navy best known for his 1791-95 expedition first charted what in 1793?
Cascade Inlet Cascade Inlet is a fjord in the North Coast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia. It extends northwest from Dean Channel. It was first charted in 1793 by George Vancouver and during their 1791-95 expedition. Vancouver named it “Cascade Channel” due to the great number of waterfalls he saw along its sides when he first explored the inlet.
George Henry Towry Captain George Henry Towry (4 March 1767 – 9 April 1809) was a Royal Navy officer of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century who is best known for his service as commander of the frigate HMS "Dido", in the Action of 24 June 1795 in the Western Mediterranean Sea during the French Revolutionary Wars, when, in company with HMS "Lowestoffe" he successfully fought and defeated the French frigates "Minerve" and "Artémise", capturing "Minerve" and driving off "Artémise". He later commanded HMS "Diadem" at the Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1797 and served during the Napoleonic Wars on the Transportation Board.