Duffin Passage
| 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 Felice Island and Tofino, Clayoquot Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°09'06"N, 125°54'58"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92F/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted in 1910, and so-identified in the 10th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 30 June 1911, as labelled on c1905 edition of the British Admiralty Chart #1835. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After Robert Duffin, firstmate of the Felice, under Captain Meares, 1788. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |