| Feature Type: | Harbour (1) - Sheltered water in a shoreline indentation, suitable for mooring or anchoring vessels. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | N side of Holberg Inlet, Quatsino Sound, S of Port Hardy at N end Vancouver Island, Rupert Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°35'42"N, 127°34'45"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92L/12 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Stephens Bay adopted as a "small feature" 3 May 1927 on C.317, as submitted by Hydrographic Service. Name changed to Coal Harbour 7 January 1947 on C.3617, the well-established and preferred local name. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"THe local name of this feature, while passed as Stephens Bay, was Coal Harbour, and the Post Office is known accordingly. During the war the Air Force constructed a base here and Coal Harbour became well known to the public. It is to be one of the peace-time ports of the RCAF and appears as such in press notices." (9 December 1946 letter from Hydrographic Service to Geographic Board of Canada) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |