Bolivar 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 Kent Island, Walker Group, N of Port Hardy, Range 1 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°54'04"N, 127°33'16"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92L/13 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Bolivar Passage adopted 5 April 1947 on 92L/13, as submitted by Hydrographic Service (file Q.1.36). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Had been labelled Schooner Passage on BC map 2C, 1919. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Bolivar was the name of one of the American brigs competing with HBC's "Lama" for transport of furs, c1840s . Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |