Nahmint Bay

NAHMINT BAY is located on the west side of ALBERNI INLET 25 km south of PORT ALBERNI. It is named for a group of NUU-CHAH-NULTH (Nootka) who lived in the area. Frank Gerrard, a prospector, settled in the bay with his family in 1894, at which time the area's COPPER deposits were attracting interest. MINING never did develop, but between the world wars an extensive RWY LOGGING operation was centred in the bay. In the 1950s Gus Beurling, developer of the Beurling fishing plug, built one of the...

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