Mermaid Bay

Mermaid Bay (50˚24'00" 125˚12'00" S side of Dent I, Cordero Channel, off NE Sonora I, N of Campbell R). Named in 1955 for the tugboat Mermaid, which used to anchor in this bay. This historic 28-m steam sidewheeler was built in Victoria in the mid-1880s for Burrard Inlet’s Hastings Sawmill Co. Capt E C Bridgeman was an early skipper. It later saw service in the Nanaimo area, working for the coal companies. Small craft and tugs towing log booms often use the bay as an emergency moorage when...

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