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Telegraph Cove is a community of about 20 inhabitants, on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, located approximately 210 kilometres (130 mi) northwest of Campbell River. It is a former milling and cannery village that has become a launch point for eco-tourism. It is three kilometers southeast of Beaver Cove.
The community grew out of a one-room station at the northern terminus of the Campbell River telegraph line built by the federal government in 1911–12.[1]: 264
On the hillside above the boat shed at the entrance to the Cove stands the home of community pioneer Fred Wastell, whose father purchased most of the land around the cove. Together with Japanese investors, he established a chum salmon saltery and a small sawmill that operated well into the 1980's.[2]
- ^ Akrigg, G.P.V.; Akrigg, Helen B. (1986), British Columbia Place Names (3rd, 1997 ed.), Vancouver: UBC Press, ISBN 0-7748-0636-2
- ^ Butler, Jennifer (2019). Boom & Bust: The Resilient Women of Historic Telegraph Cove. Victoria: TouchWood Editions. ISBN 9781771512985.