| Feature Type: | Anchorage - An area of water in which vessels can anchor; usually sheltered water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Just NE of Desolation Sound at S end of Homfray Channel, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°08'28"N, 124°41'16"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92K/2 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Prideaux Haven adopted 2 July 1959 on C.3562, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 580, 1865 et seq, and as identified in the 1923 BC Pilot, and as listed in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Prideaux Haven [sic] presumably named by Captains Richards or Pender, when surveying these waters for the Admiralty in 1860 and 1864, respectively. Significance of the name not known. Because of their choice of the poetic "Haven" as part of the name of this anchorage, Prideaux Haven is understood to be a mis-spelling of the French prie-dieux, literally "pray God" but also commonly referring to a kneeling bench used by a person at prayer. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |