Alliford Bay
| Feature Type: | Bay - Water area in an indentation of the shoreline of a sea, lake, or large river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | SE side of Skidegate Inlet, near NE corner of Moresby Island, Queen Charlotte Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°12'20"N, 131°59'55"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103G/4 |
| Related Maps: |
103F/1 103G/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 31 March 1917. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in 1866 by Captain Pender, RN, while surveying Skidegate Inlet, after his quartermaster William Alliford. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |