Genoa Bay
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Cowichan Bay, BC (Nearby: Genoa Bay, Tzouhalem, Maple Bay, Cowichan Station, Cobble Hill)

  • Genoa Bay

1745 Cowichan Bay Rd
Cowichan Bay, British Columbia
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British Columbia Tourism Region : Vancouver Island

Description From Owner:
  • Genoa Bay - Since an Italian, Giovanni Baptiste Ordano, came here in 1858, it seems likely that Genoa Bay commemorates his birthplace. Later that year Ordano opened the first store in the district at Tzuhalem.
  • With permission from G.P.V and Helen B. Akrigg 1997 British Columbia Place Names. UBC Press.
  • CONFLICTING Comment submitted by Ron Erickson ( Ronerickson2366@gmail.com ) July 24 2024:
  • Known locally as Mahoney's Bay since 1860 as John Mahoney farmed at the head of the bay. British Admiralty chart # 2840 dated 1872 labelled the bay Snug Creek.
  • The second owner of the saw mill on Sug Creek Mahoney's Bay was Orin Nelson Hughitt and in 1890 he opened a post office naming it Genoa BC after his birth place of Genoa New York USA.
  • Soon after naming the post office. Genoa was the name of the locality and the saw mill and bay began being referred to as Genoa Bay.His son Ernest 'Tommy' Frederick Hughitt was born 27 Dec 1892 at Genoa BC.


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Nearby Lakes and Mountains:
  • Mount Tzouhalem, 3km
  • Dougan Lake, 5km
  • Mount Sulivan, 5km
  • Maple Mountain, 8km
  • Quamichan Lake, 7km
  • Hutchinson Lake, 8km
  • Lake Maxwell, 8km
  • Bruce Peak, 7km
  • Baynes Peak, 8km
  • Mount Maxwell, 8km
  • Mount Erskine, 11km
  • Roberts Lake, 10km
  • Somenos Lake, 9km
  • Mount Belcher, 11km
  • Crofton Lake, 12km
  • Mount Tuam, 9km
  • Silver Mine Lakes, 12km
  • Mount Richards, 12km
  • Blackburn Lake, 11km
  • Ford Lake, 10km
  • Shawnigan Lake, 14km
  • Old Baldy Mountain, 15km
  • Sollys Lake, 13km
  • St. Mary Lake, 15km
  • Cusheon Lake, 12km
  • Bullocks Lake, 14km
  • Mount Wood, 17km
  • Lake Stowell, 12km
  • Oliphant Lake, 18km
  • Little Sicker Mountain, 15km
  • Lake Weston, 13km
  • Mount Jeffrey, 20km
  • Spectacle Lake, 20km
  • Mount Prevost, 15km
  • Big Sicker Mountain, 16km
  • Begbie Lake, 20km
  • Fuller Lake, 19km
  • Keating Lake, 14km
  • Lois Lake, 15km
  • Wake Lake, 15km
  • Mount Newton, 20km
  • Laughlin Lake, 22km
  • Stebbings Lake, 24km
  • Grant Lake, 20km
  • Chemainus Lake, 21km
  • Butchart Lake, 24km
  • Devereux Lake, 25km
  • Wild Deer Lake, 18km
  • Sooke Lake, 24km
  • Pease Lake, 25km