Kamin Cove

Kamin Cove (52˚46'00" 128˚45'00" E side of Laredo Inlet, S Princess Royal I). This name is an error, probably the result of a botched transcription. The feature is meant to commemorate US steamship tycoon Jacob Kamm (1823–1912), who was born in Switzerland and came to the US in 1831. Kamm’s original trade was as a machinist and Mississippi steamboat engineer, but he went W in 1849 because of ill health and built a number of pioneer riverboats, including the Jennie Clark, Oregon’s first...

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