Porteau Cove

Porteau Cove (49˚33'00" 123˚14'00" E side of Howe Sd, S of Furry Ck, NW of Vancouver). This feature appears as Schooner Hbr on a 1908 mining survey map. The name Porteau—a contraction of porte d’eau, or “water gate” in French—was apparently suggested by a certain Mr Newberry, the accountant at the Deeks Sand & Gravel Co, which operated a quarry at the site in the early 1900s. John Frederick Deeks, owner of the gravel pit, was also postmaster of Porteau post office, open 1912–28....

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