Honeymoon Bay, British Columbia
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| Location in British Columbia | |||
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| Province : | British Columbia | ||
| Coordinates : | 48 ° 49 ′ N , 124 ° 10 ′ W | ||
| Area : | 4 km² | ||
| Residents : | 580 (as of 2011) | ||
| Population density : | 145 inhabitants / km² | ||
The place Honeymoon Bay is located in an unincorporated area in the Canadian province of British Columbia . It is located on Cowichan Lake in the southeastern part of Vancouver Island - approximately 75 km (47 mi) northwest of Victoria . The communities of Mesachie Lake , Lake Cowichan , Youbou, and Caycuse are in the immediate vicinity.
Historically, the main industry is forestry .
history
The place was originally founded in 1947 by Western Forest Industries on the site of a sawmill in order to locate the workers in the immediate vicinity. The sawmill burned down in 1948, but was immediately rebuilt and continued to operate until 1981. The first farmer in Honeymoon Bay was Henry March, an English pioneer who settled in the pristine wilderness. He had established his farm in 1887 and later became the town's first justice of the peace. Henry March died in an accident in 1950 at the age of 83.
In 2011 the population was 580.
literature
- Marian Bates: Memories. Honeymoon Bay 50 Years. Self-published, British Columbia 1997.
Web links
- Honeymoon Bay . In: BC Geographical Names (English)
- Honeymoon Bay's own website ( Memento from January 15, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
- Welcome to Honeymoon Bay, BC. Canada on honeymoonbay.com
- A Brief History of Honeymoon Bay on victoria.tc.ca
- Honeymoon Bay on cowichanlake.ca
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Census Profile. Canada, May 31, 2016, accessed October 30, 2016 .
- ^ Earth Sciences. Natural Resources Canada, July 6, 2016, accessed October 30, 2016 .
- ^ Honeymoon Bay, BC. HBCS.CA, archived from the original on January 15, 2013 ; Retrieved October 30, 2016 (2011-2013).
- ^ The rise and fall of Cowichan Lake-area's three local mills. (No longer available online.) In: BC Local News. Archived from the original on October 30, 2016 ; accessed on October 30, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Honeymoon Bay Info. Cowichan Lake District Chamber of Commerce, accessed October 30, 2016 .
- ^ Honeymoon Bay. In: Vancouver Island News. Retrieved October 30, 2016 .
