Englewood was a community located at the head of Beaver Cove on

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. Beaver Cove is on the south side of the

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, between

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and

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. The mouth of the Kokish River is to the southeast of the former site of Englewood.

History

The name Englewood was first adopted in September 1930 as the name of a

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and steamer landing. The post office name in the area was moved across the cove to the community of Beaver Cove in 1958. By 1967, the BC Forest Service informed the provincial names office that only a 10-man logging camp remained at the site. But in 1984, a sailing guide commented that its wharves and buildings were in ruin. The name and accompanying designation as a community Englewood as a name is a derivation of the local sawmill company's name, Wood & English Logging company. The name survives today as that 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 ...

, the last logging railroad operating in North America, which runs from Beaver Cove to Vernon camp for a total length of 84 miles.BC Names/GeoBC entry "Englewood (community)"
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