Anka's Place name - Urban legend?

[Sirto]

Several years ago when we made our first dive at Anka's Place we were told that the dive site's name came about because the large house adjacent to it was(or had been) owned by Paul Anka (singer from the 60's for those too young to know who he is).

I'm trying to determine if this is true or just a legend.

 

[rtbmediver]

Hi,

Anka's Place was actually named after a very nice Polish lady who is married to a Canadian. At the time, they lived in Toronto and made several trips to CoCoView in the early 80s.

They were along on one of the first dives there and since the dive site did not have a name at the time ( not usual in the early days of CCV); I decided to name the site after her.

Other CCV dive site name trivia:

The original name for Gold Chain was "Second Dive, First Day" until Mr Bill made me change it. I called it that because it was the afternoon boat dive on Sunday after the Sunday morning beach orientation dive.

:cool2:

 

[cap10]

Now we need to rename Anka's Place to Mt Everest what with all the white snow (sand) covering all of the drop off wall area. Solid sand.

 

[parrotheaddiver]

Doc how about some more history on how some of the sites got their name....like cow and calf...lita's hole...calvins crack...too tall too small...doc's dive...Mary's place just to name a few of course I have a much larger list...maybe when I am there in June I can write them down as you tell them to me over a few Salva Vida's

 

[farsidefan1]

Hmmm, Calvins Crack, not sure I want to hear about that one.

 

[Doc]

Since Doc is out diving.... finding more crystal skulls? As if Doc wasn't famous enough (see the force fins website), he was featured in that goofy pre-Indiana Jones movie thing about "crystal skulls". I believe he left Roatan for New Orleans when they filmed Temptation Island there, but I digress.

Lita's Hole is named after Lita or Lita and Rob. They're two CoCoNuts from California and have visited often. Rob is the chief web guru for WSORC (the Whale Shark folks), Lita has a real job working for the Governator.

Two Tall Two Small refers to the sizes of four Coconut Trees that used to be on the shore there. (Hey- I owned that property once when I was young!) The original species of Coconut palm largely died off due to that "yellowing disease" that swept theough the Caribbean, but other strains have been planted instead.

Cow and Calf, a dive site that few others than CoCoNuts get to, that was named for the two unusual rock formations that stand just offshore. They are 50 feet tall and are a result of pre-historic erosion, but there is a big one and a little one. This dive site is near Fort Cay Key where Mr. Bill built the airstrip and was once owned by Frederico Bloch, the President of TACA.

Newman's Wall, just in front of Fantasy Island Resort which was built by Albert Jackson, was the name of the original owners of the property that became CoCoView. When Mr. Bill placed the Prince Albert 140 Nicaraguan tanker in front of CCV, he named it after Albert Jackson. Albert didn't get the obvious reference to the Bart Simpson telephone joke, humor dating back to when old ships were universally referred to as a "can". Hey- you got Prince Albert in a tin can? Better let him out!

Coxen Hole was a reference to John Coxen... think Coxswain

There are indeed two different dive sites named Hole in the Wall, and most never see the one on the far East end (South side), that is quite a squeeze.

Peter's Place, a West End dive site, was named after Peter Hughes- who got his start as a DM for Anthony Key Resort (AKR), back before they had a casino!

Milk Jug, a Northern dive site, was once buoy marked by just that!

Scutt's Slot is a tiny overhead environment a few yards away from Mary's Place.

Monkey-lala? That, kids, is a lizard.