Captain Cove

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Captain Cove
Kla’tin (Tsimshian) [1]
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Captain Cove
Location British Columbia, Canada
Coordinates 53°48′44″N130°11′49″W / 53.81222°N 130.19694°W / 53.81222; -130.19694
Type Fjord
Part of Pitt Island
Max. length1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi)
Max. width0.375 nautical miles (0.695 km; 0.432 mi)
Max. depth20 fathoms (120 ft; 37 m)

Captain Cove is a cove located on Pitt Island, British Columbia, Canada. It was named after Captain Holmes Newcombe of the Fisheries Department. [2]

The cove is 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) long and between 0.125–0.375 nautical miles (0.232–0.695 km; 0.144–0.432 mi) wide, and contains several islets, approximately 0.5 nautical miles (0.93 km; 0.58 mi) east of Captain Point. [3] The cove is underlain by the large 100 by 25 kilometres (62 by 16 mi)Captain Cove Pluton dating to the Albian (109±6Ma). [4]

The cove preserves a record of intense prehistoric use, with a few large shell middens and several small shell middens associated with creeks flowing into the cove.

References

  1. ↑ Susan Marsden (2011). The Gitkxaala, Their History, and Their Territories (Porcher Island, Banks Island, Pitt Island and Adjacent Islands) (PDF) (Report). p. 55.
  2. ↑ "Captain Cove". BC Geographical Names .
  3. ↑ "Chart 3746, Petrel Channel". Sailing Directions, British Columbia Coast, (Northern Portion). II (Ninth Edition): 259. 1983.
  4. ↑ Symons DT (1977). "Paleomagnetism of Mesozoic plutons in the westernmost Coast Complex of British Columbia" . Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 14 (9): 2127–39. Bibcode:1977CaJES..14.2127S. doi:10.1139/e77-180 . Retrieved 2020-07-11.
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