ferry-oriented New Zealanders: for them the strait stretched from Taranaki to Cape Campbell, so these early towns all clustered around "Cook Strait" (or "Cook's Strait", in the pre-Geographic Board usage of the times) as the central feature and central waterway of the new colony. In 1866, the first telegraph cable was laid in the Cook Strait, connecting the South Island telegraph system to Wellington. Between 1888 and 1912 a Risso's dolphin named Pelorus Jack became famous for meeting and escorting ships around Cook Strait. Pelorus Jack was usually spotted in Admiralty Bay between Cape Francis and Collinet Point, near French Pass, a channel used by ships travelling between Wellington and Nelson. Pelorus Jack is also remembered after he was the subject of a failed assassination attempt. He was later protected by a 1904 New Zealand law. At times when New Zealand feared invasion, various coastal fortifications were constructed to defend Cook Strait. During the Second World War, two gun installations were constructed on Wrights Hill behind Wellington. These gun could range across Cook Strait. In addition thirteen gun installations were constructed around Wellington, along the Mākara coast, and at entrances to the Marlborough Sounds. The remains of most of these fortifications can still be seen. The Pencarrow Head Lighthouse was the first permanent lighthouse built in New Zealand. Its first keeper, Mary Jane Bennett, was the only female lighthouse keeper in New Zealand's history. The light was decommissioned in 1935 when it was replaced by the Baring Head Lighthouse. A number of ships have been wrecked with significant loss of life, such as the Maria in 1851, the City of Dunedin in 1865, the St Vincent in 1869, the Lastingham in 1884, in 1909 and in 1968. Timeline According to mythology the mythical navigator Kupe follows, in his canoe, the octopus Te Wheke-a-Muturangi across Cook Strait. 1642: Abel Tasman mistook Cook Strait for a bight. 1769: James Cook established it is a strait 1822: Ngati Toa migrated to Cook Strait region, led by Te Rauparaha. 1831: Whaling station established in Tory Channel. 1851: Maria wrecked in on rocks at Cape Terawhiti, 26 people killed. 1855: Severe earthquake on both sides of Cook Strait. 1865: PS City of Dunedin sank in Cook Strait, 39 people killed. 1866: Cook Strait submarine telegraph cable laid. 1869: St Vincent wrecked in Palliser Bay, 20 people killed. 1879: Kangaroo laid the first telegraph cable across