Refuge Cove

Refuge Cove (50˚07'00" 124˚51'00" SW side of W Redonda I, E of Campbell R, NE end of Str of Georgia), Refuge Lagoon (50˚08'00" 124˚50'00" Just NE of Refuge Cove). While the name of this placid anchorage, which appeared on Admiralty charts as early as 1860, is self-explanatory, the community here has been through some intriguing changes. A logging and fur-farming settlement sprang up in the 1910s, with a school, store, post office and community hall, where dances were held on Saturday...

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