Dodge Cove was named in 1907 by the Canadian Department of Marine and Fisheries, Ottawa, after George Blanchard Dodge of the Dominion Land Survey, who had surveyed Prince Rupert Harbour in 1906 for the Canadian federal government. The community was built over a Tsimshian village named Kanagatsiyot, which occupied the location for thousands of years.
In 1907, Dodge Cove was given its name by the Canadian Department of Marine and Fisheries in Ottawa, honoring George Blanchard Dodge, who had surveyed Prince Rupert Harbour in 1906 for the Canadian government. The community was built on land previously inhabited by a Tsimshian village called Kanagatsiyot, which had resided there for thousands of years.