The city of Coevorden may have indirectly given its name to the city of Vancouver, which is named after the 18th-century British explorer George Vancouver.
't Haantje, Drenthe, a small village in of Coevorden, Drenthe, Netherlands
The castle is a replica of Coevorden Castle, the ancestral home of Captain George Vancouver in the Netherlands.
After a failed attempt to gain control of Coevorden with support from the Frisians in the Frisian-Drenths War, Wilbrand defeated the Drenths at Peize.