Loken Point

Loken Point (52˚18'00" 127˚34'00" N side of King I, NE of Bella Bella). Ole John Loken (1866–1961) or Lokken, as the surname is more usually spelled, was a member of the original group of Norwegian settlers that colonized the Bella Coola area in the mid-1890s. He travelled to the Yukon to try his luck in the Klondike gold rush, then returned to the Bella Coola valley, fished for a living and married Inga Sofie Sylvester (1881–1947) there in 1906. In 1905, with four partners, Lokken...

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