Cordova Channel
Feature Type:Channel (3) - Narrow stretch of water connecting two bodies of water.
Status: Official
Name Authority: BC Geographical Names Office
Relative Location: S of Sidney, between E side of Saanich Peninsula and James Island, Cowichan Land District
Latitude-Longitude: 48°36'09"N, 123°22'12"W at the approximate centre of this feature.
Datum: WGS84
NTS Map: 92B/11
Origin Notes and History:

Adopted 6 November 1934 on National Defence sheet 415d, Saanich, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 2840, 1872 et seq, and on BC map 2A, 1913. See Cordova Bay for origin information.

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