Boscowitz Point


Boscowitz Point (52˚16'00" 127˚47'00" W entrance to Cousins Inlet, Dean Channel, SW of Ocean Falls). This feature was supposedly named because the Venture, a vessel owned by the Boscowitz Steamship Co, was thought to be the first steamer to enter Cousins Inlet. It arrived in 1906, bringing timber cruiser Mark Smaby and a crew of 25 men to begin clearing the townsite of Ocean Falls, where a gigantic pulp and paper mill would soon rise. See also Boscowitz Rk. Regional hydrographer Henri...

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