Beaver Cove is a small coastal community on Northern
Vancouver Island
Vancouver Island is an island in the northeastern Pacific Ocean and part of the Canadian province of British Columbia. The island is in length, in width at its widest point, and in total area, while are of land. The island is the largest ...
, located on the
cove of the same name. It is located at the mouth of the
Kokish River, southeast of
Port McNeill
Port McNeill is a town in the North Island region of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada on Vancouver Island's northeast shore, on Queen Charlotte Strait. Originally a base camp for loggers, it became a settlement in 1936. It was named ...
and up the inlet from
Telegraph Cove.
Background
It is the northern terminus of the
Englewood Railway
Englewood Railway was a logging railroad on northern Vancouver Island, Canada. Headquartered in Woss, British Columbia, the line ran from Vernon Lake, through Woss, and past Nimpkish Lake Provincial Park to Beaver Cove. It was the last oper ...
, which is named via that of the Wood & English Logging Company, whose former
logging camp
A logging camp (or lumber camp) is a transitory work site used in the logging industry. Before the second half of the 20th century, these camps were the primary place where lumberjacks would live and work to fell trees in a particular area. Many ...
, now abandoned, was
Englewood, on the other side of Beaver Cove from today's community. Also nearby, to the northeast on the southeast shore of Beaver Cove, is the community of
Kokish.
BC Names/GeoBC entry "Kokish (community)"
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See also
* Beaver Cove (disambiguation)
References
Populated places in the Regional District of Mount Waddington
Unincorporated settlements in British Columbia
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