Resolution (ship)

Resolution (ship)

The "Resolution" was an American trading vessel whose crew were massacred by Haida chief Cumshewa and his followers in 1794, at Cumshewa Inlet near Moresby Island in the Queen Charlotte Islands of the North Coast of British Columbia, Canada.

ee also

*List of ships in British Columbia

References

* [http://ilmbwww.gov.bc.ca/bcgn-bin/bcg10?name=29720 BCGNIS listing "Cumshewa Inlet"]
* [http://www.civilization.ca/aborig/haida/hvcum01e.html Canadian Museum of Civilication webpage on Cumshewa]


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