Henslung Cove

Henslung Cove (54˚11'31" 133˚00'03" S side of Langara I, QCI). Slung is the Haida term for “bottom end of a bay,” and Henslung is apparently a corruption of the Haida name for this feature. In 1919, Capt Hume Babbington operated a short-lived cannery there; later this site was the homestead for many years of Al Peevey, trapper and telephone lineman. The cove was also a popular HQ for fish camps in summer. Early charts show it as Cove Douglas, after fur trader William Douglas of the...

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