Deserted Bay

Deserted Bay (50˚05'30" 123˚45'00" NE end of Princess Royal Reach, Jervis Inlet), Deserted River (50˚05'30" 123˚44'40" Flows SW into Deserted Bay). Ts’únay, one of the principal Sechelt First Nation winter villages, was located here but was abandoned after the smallpox epidemics of the 1860s. A Japanese fish saltery operated on the bay, 1904–39, and a Gustavson Bros railroad and truck-logging show, 1934–51. Slate quarrying dates back to 1890 (or much earlier, as the Sechelt people...

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