Porlier Pass
| Feature Type: | Pass (1) - Narrow stretch of water connecting two larger water bodies. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Between Galiano and Valdes Islands, SE of Nanaimo, Cowichan Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°00'46"N, 123°35'26"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 11 May 1905. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in 1791 by Jose Maria Narvaez, commanding the Spanish schooner "Saturnina." Incorrectly spelled Portier for many years. 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) |
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Locally known as "Cowichan Gap" (BC Pilot, Vol 1, 1933, p.120.) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |