This schooner was built in 1788 in Nootka Sound.
In 1788 this vessel was built as a schooner at Nootka Sound (in what is now British Columbia) constructed by Chinese shipwrights. This vessel was launched on September 20, 1788, the first vessel to be built on the Pacific coast. Her Master was Captain Robert Funter.
In 1788 she was owned by Captain John Meares.
Captain Robert Funter (1788);
Dalzell, Kathleen E. (1973)
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