Captain Cook Re-Enactment at Cooktown

James Cook arrived in what is now known as Cooktown on Cape York Peninsula in June 1770 and remained there for 48 days while repairing the Endeavour after it ran aground on the Great Barrier Reef. June 17th 1770 ENDEAVOUR RIVER Cook spent seven weeks here in 1770, the longest land base during Cook’s East Coast expedition. The major