Bliss Landing, British Columbia
- Bliss Landing, British Columbia
Bliss Landing, formerly Bishop Landing or Bishops Landing, was a cannery town on the South Coast of British Columbia, Canada, located on the northwest side of the Malaspina Peninsula on the upper Sunshine Coast, north of the town of Lund and across the mouth of Desolation Sound from Cortes Bay and Manson's Landing on Cortes Island.
Bliss Landing is thought to have been named after an early settler, a Joe Blissto, replacing an older name for the settlement, Bishop Landing or Bishops Landing. The Bishop Landing Post Office opened on June 1, 1917, and was named after P.W. Bishop, its first postmaster. The post office was redesignated Bliss Landing on April 1, 1923. The post office closed on April 20, 1960.
ee also
*List of canneries in British Columbia
References
* [http://srmwww.gov.bc.ca/bcgn-bin/bcg10?name=34894 BCGNIS listing "Bliss Landing" (locality)]
* [http://www.niho.com/tipsntales/timetravelling-Dec05.asp "Time Travelling - Coastal Canneries of BC" website]
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