Fort San Miguel

Fort San Miguel
Yuquot, Nootka Island, near Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Depiction of Fort San Miguel, 1793
Coordinates49°35′30″N 126°36′56″W / 49.59163°N 126.615458°W / 49.59163; -126.615458
Typefortification, colony
Site information
Controlled bySpanish
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.