| Feature Type: | Bay - Water area in an indentation of the shoreline of a sea, lake, or large river. |
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Not official
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| Relative Location: | NE end of Princess Royal Reach, lekw'emin (inlet), New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°05'28"N, 123°46'13"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92J/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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"Deserted Bay" adopted 31 July 1945 on Chart #3589, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 579, 1863 et seq. Name changed to ts’unay 21 June 2023 on 92J/4 as requested by shíshálh Nation. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in 1860 by Captain Richards, RN, while conducting surveys in these waters, referring to a Sechelt village or seasonal camp on the south shore. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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A part of Indians once landed here and were attacked by grizzly bears; four were killed before they could get back to their canoes. Thereafter the place was avoided by the Indians and came to be known as the deserted bay. Prior to the encounter with the grizzlies, the native name was Tsuahdie, "place to shelter." Source: Provincial Archives' Place Names File (the "Harvey File") compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions |