The ship Discovery was sent to present-day which region?

• A. Newfoundland
• B. Present-day British Columbia
• C. Nova Scotia
• D. Ontario

Answer: (B)

Exploration of Canada’s west coast by European navigators. The ship Discovery was the lead vessel of Captain George Vancouver’s voyage in the Pacific Northwest during the 1790s, and its mission was to chart the coastline from around Puget Sound up toward Alaska. The detailed charts and observations from this expedition primarily describe what is now British Columbia, including Vancouver Island and the Gulf of Georgia. That focus on the western coast explains why British Columbia is the correct region. Newfoundland and Nova Scotia sit on the Atlantic side, while Ontario lies inland near the Great Lakes, so they aren’t the regions associated with this voyage.