Dodge Cove North Coast Regional District, British Columbia

Community - An unincorporated populated place, generally with a population of 50 or more, and having a recognized central area that might contain a post office, store and/or community hall, etc, intended for the use of the general public in the region. At Dodge Cove on E side of Digby Island, in Prince Rupert Harbour, Range 5 Coast Land District

Mapped Location

Dodge Cove: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.

 

Information

General information on Dodge Cove

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Dodge Cove

A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named

Name Description
Dodge Cove Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Dodge Cove

References to Dodge Cove that document the origin of its place name

Norwegian Village (settlement) adopted 3 July 1946 on C.3702, as labelled on early Admiralty Charts. Name changed to Digby Island (settlement) 9 September 1964 on 103 I-J, having become the established name. Name changed to Dodge Cove (community) 9 January 2006 on 103J/8, to conform to entrenched local usage, as identified in 1971 and subsequent Census, and in 1975 list of Improvement Districts, etc.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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Dodge Cove and Dodge Island were named in 1907 by the Department of Marine and Fisheries, Ottawa, after George Blanchard Dodge, DLS, who had surveyed Prince Rupert Harbour in 1906 for the federal government.... Norwegian fishermen settled here in the old days....

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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Digby Island Wireless Station, listed in 1928 Wrigleys Directory, was located on the peninsula between Dodge Cove and Casey Cove; replaced in recent years with radio beacons. Digby Island (landing) is located about 4 km north of here at DuVernet Point, affording regular ferry service between downtown Prince Rupert and Prince Rupert Airport on the west side of Digby Island.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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North Coast Regional District

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Last updated: 2023-09-27