Salmon Cove

Salmon Cove (55˚16'00" 129˚50'00" W side of Observatory Inlet, N of Nass Bay, NE of Prince Rupert). Named in 1793 by Capt George Vancouver “from the abundance of that kind of fish that were there taken.” Crew members put a seine net across the mouth of a creek entering the cove and packed away thousands of spawning fish for future use. The Discovery and Chatham spent more than three weeks anchored at this spot in July and Aug 1793, while Vancouver and his officers made extensive surveys...

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