History
The head of Jervis Inlet was once a seasonal settlement of the Sechelt Indian Band, who called it xénichen.
George Vancouver named the inlet after the 1791-95 expedition to search for the fabled Northwest Passage. In the Royal Navy tradition, Vancouver named this main waterway after his friend Rear Admiral Sir John Jervis (Earl of St. Vincent) for his victory over the Spanish fleet on February 14, 1797 at Cape St.Vincent in Portugal. He named St. Vincent's Bay (near the entrance of Jervis Inlet) after the location of the battle, St.Vincent Bay.
The three specific reaches of the inlet and mountains were named in the 1860 survey by the HMS Plumper, which charted the known area in honor of members of Queen Victoria's family. The waterways named during this survey mission were: Princess Louisa Inlet, Queens Reach, Princess Royal Reach, and Prince of Wales Reach. Also named were the main mountains of the area:
- Mount Alfred
- Mount Fredrick William
- Mount Arthur
- Mount Wellington
- Mount Alice
- Mount Victoria
- Mount Helena
- Mount Albert
In the early 1900s, logging and commercial fishing developed in the Jervis Inlet area. Relatively large logging camps operated at Goliath Bay, Vancouver Bay and Hotham Sound, commercial fishing was conducted by owner-operators based in Egmont, Pender Harbour and Saltery Bay, and several fish-processing plants operated in Egmont, Pender Harbour and Saltery Bay.
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