The origin of the name of Jeune Landing is somewhat in dispute. Some claim that it was named after some copper claims on Alice Lake, others claim it was named for the Jeune brothers, who owned a company in Victoria that supplied various canvas products needed by sailors, loggers, and surveyors along the BC coast. While Port Alice was the site of a pulp mill, Jeune Landing was established originally by the East Asiatic company (the Gibson Brothers) in 1943 to support logging operations in Quatsino Sound.
I had always believed the version of being named after the Jeune Brothers.
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