Fort San Miguel

Fort San Miguel
Yuquot, Nootka Island, near Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Depiction of Fort San Miguel, 1793
Site information
Typefortification, colony
Controlled bySpanish
Location
Coordinates49°35′30″N 126°36′56″W / 49.59163°N 126.615458°W / 49.59163; -126.615458
Site history
Built1789
In use1789–1795
Garrison information
Past
commanders
Pedro de Alberni
GarrisonFree Company of Volunteers of Catalonia, First Company

Fort San Miguel was a Spanish fortification at Yuquot (formerly Friendly Cove) on Nootka Island, just west of north-central Vancouver Island. It protected the Spanish settlement, called Santa Cruz de Nuca, the first colony in British Columbia.