Vicks' Store, Fisherman Bay, Cape Scott

In the late 1800s, Danish settlers at Cape Scott set up an initial Co-operative Store at Fisherman Bay, at Nissan Bight. By 1907 the coastal steamships were no longer stopping at Fisherman Bay, and the store closed in 1909 as many of the original settlers left the community. A few years later, with an influx of new settlers living on pre-emption's dotted along the North Island's coastline, the store re-opened and was run by Archie Darlington and then the Vicks family. It again closed in about 1916.

Vicks' Store at Fisherman Bay (circa 1914) City of Vancouver Archives  P1153.4