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Traitors Cove

Traitors Cove

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extends NE off Behm Canal, on W coast of Revillagigedo I., Alex. Arch.

History of Traitors Cove

Named by Captain Vancouver, Royal Navy (RN), "August 12, 1793, on account of trouble there with the Indians" (Wagner, 1937, p. 419); this name was transliterated and published in 1853 as "Bukhta Tretr (izmyny)" on Russian Hydrographic Dept. Chart 1495.