Burgess 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: W side of Sonora Island, N of Campbell River (city), Sayward Land District
Latitude-Longitude: 50°21'03"N, 125°20'03"W at the approximate centre of this feature.
Datum: WGS84
NTS Map: 92K/6
Origin Notes and History:

Adopted 2 September 1948 on C. S119, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 2870, published in 1900, as labelled on BC map 2C, 1919 et seq, and as identified in 1930 BC Gazetteer.

Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office