McCoy Cove

McCoy Cove (53˚02'30" 131˚39'34" N side of Cumshewa Inlet, NE Moresby I, QCI), McCoy Rocks (53˚35'00" 130˚35'00" Off Griffiths Hbr, W of N end of Banks I, Hecate Str). Named in the 1920s by the hydrographic service after W H McCoy, from Liverpool, who worked as a fireman on board the Canadian government survey vessel Lillooet after serving overseas during WWI. McCoy Cove was formerly known as McKay’s Hbr after a post was established there in the early 1870s by trader and sealer Capt Hugh...

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