Douglas Channel
Feature Type:Channel (3) - Narrow stretch of water connecting two bodies of water.
Status: Official
Name Authority: BC Geographical Names Office
Relative Location: Extends NE from Wright Sound to Kitimat, on W side of Hawkesbury Island, Range 4 Coast Land District
Latitude-Longitude: 53°39'59"N, 129°08'00"W at the approximate centre of this feature.
Datum: WGS84
NTS Map: 103H/11
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Origin Notes and History:

Adopted in the 2nd Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 1900.

Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office

Named after Sir James Douglas (1803 - 1877), Governor of Vancouver Island from 1851 to 1858 and Governor of B.C. from 1858 to 1864.

Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office