Work 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: | E side of Sarah Island, off NW end of Roderick Island in Finlayson Channel, N of Bella Bella, Range 3 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°46'11"N, 128°29'04"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103A/16 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 7 April 1949 on C.3738 as suggested in 1948 by Hydrograhic Service in association with nearby Sarah Island. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After Sarah Work ( -1906), second daughter of John Work, chief factor Hudson's Bay Company, and wife of Roderick Finlayson, also a chief factor HBC. She died at Victoria 26 January 1906. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |