Cow Bay

Cow Bay (54˚19'00" 130˚19'00" NW end of Kaien I, Prince Rupert). The name of this popular tourist and commercial district in Prince Rupert has a very uncertain derivation. It may have to do with the location of the pioneer Nehring Dairy. An oft-repeated legend tells that the first dairy herd was persuaded to jump into the water at this location and swim ashore as no dock had yet been built. The name Hill Cove, after A E Hill, a GTP engineer with the original 1906 Prince Rupert survey party,...

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