| Feature Type: | Channel (3) - Narrow stretch of water connecting two bodies of water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Between Quadra and Read Islands, just NE of Campbell River (city), Sayward Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°10'38"N, 125°08'28"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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Hoskyn Inlet adopted 9 September 1924 on C.321, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 580, 1964 et seq. Form of name changed to Hoskyn Channel 6 January 1949 on C.3521, as recommended by Hydrographic Service. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in 1864 by Captain Pender, RN, after Richard Hoskyn, RN, a surveying officer. Master 1840. On the books of HMS Fisgard, guardship, Woolwich, for surveying duties 1853-1856. Staff commander 1863. Appointed chief draughtsman, Hydrographic department of the Admiralty 1864. Superintendent of charts 1865. Captain, retired 1867. Died 1873. Source: Walbran, John T; British Columbia Coast Names, 1592-1906: their origin and history; Ottawa, 1909 (republished for the Vancouver Public Library by J.J. Douglas Ltd, Vancouver, 1971) |