Allison 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: | Extending N from Queen Charlotte Strait, SE of Bramham Island, Range 2 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°03'04"N, 127°30'36"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92M/4 |
| Related Maps: |
92M/3 92M/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 3 (?) August 1922 by Geographic Board of Canada. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named after Mr. Allison, manager of logging operations for the Smith-Dollar Lumber Company, circa 1922. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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False Bay and False Schooner Passage are both identified on BC name card as old names for Allison Harbour. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |