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Mussel Inlet

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Name origin and history
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Mussel Inlet is in inlet in the North Coast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is a northeast extension of Sheep Passage,^[1] and part of the Fiordland Conservancy.

Name origin and history

It was first charted in 1793 by James Johnstone, one of George Vancouver's officers during his 1791-95 expedition. It was here the men ate mussels that poisoned and killed one of them, John Carter, for whom Carter Bay is named; it is at the junction of Finlayson Channel and the west end of Sheep Passage at {{coord|52|49|33|N|128|23|46|W|display=inline|source:BCNames|name=Carter Bay}}.^[2] Poison Cove at {{coord|52|54|21|N|128|02|00|W|display=inline|source:BCNames|name=Poison Cove}}^[3] being the location where the mussels were harvested.^[4] A creek northwest into that cove is Poison Cove Creek.^[5]^[6]

References

1. ^{{BCGNIS|30003|Mussel Inlet}}
2. ^BC Names/GeoBC entry "Carter Bay"
3. ^BC Names/GeoBC entry "Poison Cove"
4. ^BC Names/GeoBC entry "Poison Cove"
5. ^BC Names/GeoBC entry "Poison Cove Creek"
6. ^{{cite book | last = Vancouver | first = George, and John Vancouver | title = A voyage of discovery to the North Pacific ocean, and round the world | publisher = J. Stockdale | year = 1801 | location = London| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=qwol8bPaYxsC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false}}

2 : Inlets of British Columbia|North Coast of British Columbia

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