Beaver Cove (British Columbia) Explained

Beaver Cove (British Columbia) should not be confused with Beaver Harbour (British Columbia).

Beaver Cove is a cove on Northern Vancouver Island, immediately to the south of the junction of Johnstone and Broughton Straits.[1] The community of the same name is located at the head of the cove, as was a now-former logging community, Englewood.[2] [3] The mouth of the Kokish River is at the head of the cove, southeast of the site of Englewood.[4] Also on the cove, on its southeast shore northeast of the community of Beaver Cove, is the community of Kokish.[5]

Name origin

Like Beaver Harbour near Port Hardy, Beaver Cove was named for the Beaver, a Hudson's Bay Company vessel that was the first steamship on the northwest coast of North America.[6]

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References

50.5417°N -126.8581°W

Notes and References

  1. http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/22713.html BC Names/GeoBC entry "Beaver Cove (cove)"
  2. http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/38117.html BC Names entry "Beaver Cove (community)"
  3. http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/51438.html BC Names/GeoBC entry "Englewood (community)"
  4. http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/25642.html BC Names/GeoBC entry "Kokish River"
  5. http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/25640.html BC Names/GeoBC entry "Kokish (community)"
  6. http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/22712.html BC Names/GeoBC entry "Beaver Harbour (bay)"