Hovel Bay

Hovel Bay (50˚40'00" 124˚52'00" E side of Bute Inlet, N of Orford Bay, NE of Campbell R). Named in 1924 after John Hovel (1841–1924), a Norwegian sailor who jumped ship in BC in the 1880s. He pre-empted land and settled in this vicinity in the early 1900s and lived here in a floathome until his death, surviving as a trapper, prospector and handlogger. Hovel’s rowboat was found floating on Bute Inlet in 1924, while his body was apparently discovered months later on the cliffs close to his...

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