History
The Kalgan River was named the 'Riviere des Francais' by the French Scientific Expedition in 1803, captained by French explorer Nicolas Baudin, in the ship Géographe, which anchored in what is now known as Frenchmans Bay, and was subsequently known as the 'French River' by early settlers. The explorer Dr. Alexander Collie recorded the river as 'Kal-gan-up' in April 1831. The name Kalganup is believed to be the Noongar word for 'place of many waters'. Kalganup is also thought to mean 'place of fishes' and there are still the remains of Aboriginal fish traps to prove the point.
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