John Ross blue plaque

Stranraer, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom

North West Castle. When Admiral Sir John Ross returned to his native Wigtownshire from one of his attempts to discover the seafarers' dream of a north-west passage connecting the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans, he decided to build a permanent home at Stranraer. Completed in 1820, it was known in it

s early days as Observatory House but later was given the name which reflected the Arctic explorer's ambitions.

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