Duncan Bay
| Feature Type: | Bay - Water area in an indentation of the shoreline of a sea, lake, or large river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Between mouth of Campbell River and Menzies Bay, at N end Campbell River (city), Sayward Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°04'38"N, 125°17'43"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92K/3 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 10 August 1944 on C3565, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 580, 1860 et seq, and on BC map 2C, 1919. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Named by Captain G.H.Richards, RN, about 1860, after Captain Alexander Duncan, who entered the HBC maritime service in 1838, initially commanding the barque "Vancouver" and later the famous steamboat "Beaver"... " [see also Duncan Bay near Prince Rupert.] Source: Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; British Columbia Place Names; Sono Nis Press, Victoria 1986 /or University of British Columbia Press 1997 |