Fougner Bay


Fougner Bay (51˚54'17" 127˚51'09" S entrance to Burke Channel, E of Bella Bella), Fougner Point (52˚24'19" 127˚22'46" S side of Dean Channel, E of Ocean Falls). Iver Fougner (1870–1947), born at Lillehammer, Norway, immigrated to Minnesota and worked as a teacher before joining the first group of Norwegians to settle in the Bella Coola valley in 1894. Articulate and intelligent, he served as the group’s secretary and as a member of its managing committee. He was also the settlement’s...

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