Sargeant Bay

Sargeant Bay (49˚28'00" 123˚51'00" S end of Sechelt Peninsula, W of Trail Bay, Str of Georgia, NW of Vancouver). This name is a spelling error, as the bay commemorates Frederick Sargent, who pre-empted land here in 1887 and received a Crown grant for his homestead in 1892. The area around the bay was logged, and a steam-powered sawmill located by the shore. In the 1920s and ’30s a small resort was established on the bay; subsequent owners made unsuccessful attempts to develop a marina and...

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