Actaeon Sound
| Feature Type: | Sound (2) - Arm of the sea or a lake; inlet. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | N side of Drury Inlet, N of Port McNeill, Range 1 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°57'11"N, 127°04'27"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92L/14 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 6 April 1950 on 92/NW, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 581, 1867. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Name adopted in 1865 by Captain Pender as suggested by W. Blakeney, RN, paymaster aboard the Beaver, after his former vessel, HM Actaeon; Blakeney had served aboard the 26-gun frigate Actaeon during the latter's commission in China..... (See Walbran for more details) 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) |