Snug Cove

Snug Cove (49˚23'00" 123˚20'00" E side of Bowen I, S of Mannion Bay, Howe Sd, NW of Vancouver). This name, obviously descriptive of a cozy anchorage, was originally applied by Admiralty surveyor Capt George Richards in 1860. Capt Jack Cates established his Terminal Resort there in the early 1900s and then sold out in 1920 to the Union Steamship Co, which greatly expanded and developed the estate as a holiday destination for picnickers and vacationers. The resort’s steamship wharf was...

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