| 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: | Just E of Cape Beale, SE of Barkley Sound, Barclay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 48°46'29"N, 125°08'08"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92C/14 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Pachena Bay adopted in the 5th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 30 June 1904, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 592, 1861 et seq, and on John Buttle's "Map of the Country between Barclay Sound & Nanaimo" by the Vancouver Island Exploring Expedition, 1864 (plan 2T67). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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The Huu-ay-aht (Ohiaht) First Nation live here; they call this bay "Anacla". Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"This word is derived from the Nitinaht name for the site of Port Renfrew, but by mistake the anglicized name Pachena was applied to a point further up the coast that had a nearly identical configuration. Pachena in its original form means either 'sea foam' or 'foam on the rocks'." Source: Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; British Columbia Place Names; Sono Nis Press, Victoria 1986 /or University of British Columbia Press 1997 |