Xschwan Bay
| Feature Type: | Bay - Water area in an indentation of the shoreline of a sea, lake, or large river. |
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Not official
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| Relative Location: | W side of Observatory Inlet opposite Alice Arm, S of Stewart, Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 55°23'38"N, 129°49'17"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103P/5 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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CGNDB entry. [note that documents identify this as Xschwan or Xschwan Fishery, but not Xschwan Bay.] Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |
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"Xschwan Fishery" labelled on British Admiralty Chart 2431, published in 1869 from surveys by Captain Pender in 1868. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |