Winter Harbour
| 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: | Head of Forward Inlet, Quatsino Sound, NW end of Vancouver Island, Rupert Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°31'51"N, 128°00'30"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 102I/9 |
| Related Maps: |
102I/9 92L/12 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Leeson Harbour adopted in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Name changed to Winter Harbour 7 January 1947 on C.3617. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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The Kwak'wala name was Oyagamla Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |