Fort San Miguel

Fort San Miguel
Fort San Miguel
Yuquot, Nootka Island, near Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
	Depiction of Fort San Miguel, 1793
Coordinates	49°35′30″N 126°36′56″W / 49.59163°N 126.615458°W
Type	fortification, colony
Site information
Controlled by	Spanish
Site history
Built	1789
In use	1789–1795
Garrison information
Past; commanders	Pedro de Alberni
Garrison	Free 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.