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Colville the town was named for the cape, which itself was named by Captain James Cook on November 18 , 1769 , after Rear Admiral Lord Colville, who Cook had previously served under in the Royal Navy . Colville was also known as Cabbage Bay, thought to be in reference to the Cabbage Tree s in the bay. Colville township grew following the construction of a General Store with a Motor Garage alongside. This was built by Richard (Dick) Goudie, a local man who's grandparents had settled in Cabbage Bay. Dick Goudie later ran a taxi service from the town, being the first to drive a motor vehicle across the new bridge at Papa Aroha which opened up the northern peninsula from Coromandel. Another member of the Goudie family, John, developed a motor camp a few kilometers north of the town some years later. The Motukawao Islands lie five kilometres off the coast to the southwest of Colville. REFERENCES |
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