| Feature Type: | Channel (3) - Narrow stretch of water connecting two bodies of water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | W of DeCourcy, Thetis and Penelakut Islands, Cowichan Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 48°59'05"N, 123°43'30"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92B/13 |
| Related Maps: |
92B/13 92G/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted in the 18th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1924, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 579, 1863 et seq. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named after Captain Charles Edward Stuart (1817-1863) some time in charge of the Hudson's Bay Company post at Nanaimo. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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The 1930 BC Gazetteer inexplicably contains the entry: "Canal de Haro (see Stuart Channel)" but there is no evidence in BC files that Canal de Haro/Haro Strait was ever applied this far north. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Sansum Channel was the Hudson's Bay Company name for the Stuart Channel. (from SHALE: Journal of the Gabriola Historial & Museum Society; Nick Doe editor) Source: included with note |