James Bay
| Feature Type: | Bay - Water area in an indentation of the shoreline of a sea, lake, or large river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | E side of Inner Harbour, Victoria Harbour, Victoria Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 48°25'21"N, 123°22'19"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92B/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 1 May 1934 on Department of National Defence sheet 415a, Victoria; a long-established local name. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Consists of that portion of the Inner Harbour south of a line joining Laurel Point with CNR Wharf. (Hydrographic Service) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named after Sir James Douglas who had his house on the south shore of the bay. This was formerly known as Major Bay. Source: Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; 1001 British Columbia Place Names; Discovery Press, Vancouver 1969, 1970, 1973. |