Sea Otter Cove


Sea Otter Cove (50˚41'00" 128˚21'00" NW of San Josef Bay, NW end of Vancouver I), Sea Otter Group (51˚20'00" 128˚08'00" S of Calvert I, entrance to Smith Sd, Queen Charlotte Sd), Sea Otter Inlet (51˚50'00" 128˚03'00" SE side of Hunter I, S of Bella Bella). The first traders to arrive in the PNW were searching almost exclusively for the lustrous skins of the sea otter, so it is no surprise that three of their vessels were named Sea Otter. The publication of Capt James Cook’s journals in...

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