| Feature Type: | Channel (3) - Narrow stretch of water connecting two bodies of water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | NE side of Tsimpsean Peninsula, just NE of Prince Rupert, Range 5 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°29'02"N, 130°13'12"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103J/8 |
| Related Maps: |
103I/5 103J/8 103J/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Wark Channel adopted in the 6th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 30 June 1906, as identified in Walbran's manuscript. Form of name changed to Work Channel 5 April 1927, as had been labelled on British Admiralty Chart #1923A, 1867 et seq. Confirmed 4 November 1948 on 103/NE, 3 March 1949 on C3844, and 8 July 1950 on 103J/8. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Named c1837 by the officers of the Hudson's Bay Company during Wark's tenure of the post at Forst Simpson, after John Wark [sic] a noted officer in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company on this coast...." [see Work Point for additional biographical information] Source: Walbran, John T; British Columbia Coast Names, 1592-1906: their origin and history; Ottawa, 1909 (republished for the Vancouver Public Library by J.J. Douglas Ltd, Vancouver, 1971) |