Manson Passage
| Feature Type: | Passage - Variation of Pass: Narrow stretch of water connecting two larger water bodies. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Between Hernando and Savary Islands, N end of Strait of Georgia, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°57'32"N, 124°53'11"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92F/15 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Manson Passage adopted 27 April 1945 on C3591 as recommended by Hydrographic Service; not "False Passage" as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 580, 1865 et seq, and as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Source: BC place name cards, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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Renamed by Hydrographic Service to avoid confusion with another "False Passage" in Waddington Channel (between the Regonda Islands) Source: BC place name cards, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |