Emily Carr Inlet
| Feature Type: | Inlet (3) - Elongated body of water extending from a sea or lake. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Just W of Doig Anchorage, Chapple Inlet, W side of Princess Royal Island, Range 3 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°55'35"N, 129°08'56"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103A/14 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 10 August 1944 on C.3719 as submitted by Hydrographic Service. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named by H.D. Parizeau, Canadian Hydrographic Service: "...after Emily Carr (1871-1945), the famous Victoria painter and writer [inspired by the Indigenous peoples of Haida Gwaii and the British Columbia coast]. Born in Victoria 1871; studied in London, San Francisco and Paris; member of the Canadain Group of Painters; her work is exhibited in the National Gallery of Canada; residing in Victoria 1944." Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |