| 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 Rendezvous Island and NE end of Read Island at entrance to Toba Inlet, N of Campbell River (city), Sayward Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°16'05"N, 125°03'20"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92K/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 6 November 1952 as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 580, 1867 et seq, and on BC map 2C, 1919. See Drew Harbour. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Named c1867 by Captain Pender, RN, after Charles Randolph Drew, RN, assistant secretary (acting) to Rear Admiral the Hon. George F. Hastings, CB, 1866-68, flagship Zealous. See "Cruise of Sparrowhawk, Victoria Colonist 29 May 1868.) Paymaster, 1866; paymaster of HMS Pylades, under Captain Buckley, BC, on this station 1868-71.... Also Drew Harbour, Drew Rock." Source: Walbran, John T; British Columbia Coast Names, 1592-1906: their origin and history; Ottawa, 1909 (republished for the Vancouver Public Library by J.J. Douglas Ltd, Vancouver, 1971) |