Maple Bay Landmarks – Some History

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How Did it Get its Name?

A series of short vignettes on the history of familiar place-names in Maple Bay.  If you heard it differently or would like to make a comment please email Historian.

Our home port – we know its tides and currents, we know its fluky winds and we know the landmarks but do you ever wonder how these landmarks got their names?

Who knows who first named this body of water Maple Bay.   Probably it was Captain Richards RN who surveyed this area for the British Admiralty in 1858 and 1859 as he named just about everything else.  To the Salish people, this bay was known as “Klup-nitz” or “Deep Water”. 

• It was here that a battle was waged with great cunning not all that long ago.   The Last Great Battle

• Traveling from Maple Bay Village to Imadene Cove. 

• From Birds Eye to Paddy's.

• Octopus Point - the legend.

• Octopus Point north to Booth Bay.

• Sansum Narrows south to Musgrave and Separation Point.

• Home again - Mount Tzouhalem.