| Language of origin | English language |
| Feature Type: | Cove (2) - Water area in a small indentation of the shoreline of a sea, lake or river. |
| Status: | Not official |
| Other Names: | sḵelhOfficial, Earl Cove |
| Relative Location: | N end of Sechelt Peninsula, facing N end of Agamemnon Channel, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°45'11"N, 124°00'32"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92F/16 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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"Earl Cove" adopted 2 September 1954 on Chart #3589. Form of name changed to "Earls Cove" 3 April 1959 on 92F, to conform to the name of the post office. Name changed to sḵelh 21 June 2023 on 92F/16 as requested by shíshálh Nation. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Thomas Egbert Earl, wounded in WWI, was recuperating at Shaughnessy Hospital in Vancouver when he met Nellie Youngblood (1889-1965), who had been living with her uncle on the north Sechelt Peninsula. They married in 1918 and settled on the cove, which in 1952 became the south terminus for a Black Ball ferry to Powell River. It was originally named Earl Cove but was changed to Earls Cove when the post office was established in 1959, because another family named Earl also lived in the area. In 1972, BC’s first aquaculture license was issues nearby for an (unsuccessful) salmon-farming operation. Source: Scott, Andrew; "The Encyclopedia of Raincoast Place Names"; Harbour Publishing, Madeira Park, 2009. |