Kathy at the new North Island Eagle newspaper has asked me to provide a weekly historical photo with a bit of a blurb.
Week 1 features a photo of Sea Otter Cove taken in 1914. Sea Otter Cove is just to the north of San Josef Bay in the Cape Scott area. The photo was taken from the homestead of Captain Henry Peterson by Major James Skitt Matthews.
During the early 1900s there were numerous pre-emptions on the North Island, many concentrated in the Cape Scott area and on the trail between San Josef and Holberg. Sea Otter Cove was not a popular anchorage due to a number of large rocks which impeded ships from entering the harbour. Captain Peterson piloted a number of ships in the area which supported the North Island settlers, and was the father of Les Peterson, author of "A Cape Scott Story." When he died he was buried in the small community of San Josef.
Sea Otter Cove was not named for the marine mammals currently making a comeback in the area, but was named by Captain James Hanna after his ship the Sea Otter, when he was exploring the area in 1786.
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| Sea Otter Cove in 1914 taken from the homestead of Captain Henry Peterson City of Vancouver Archives AM54-S4-: Out P1160.4 |
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