Adopted 3 May 1927 on C. 317, Quatsino Narrows, as suggested 10 February 1926 by H.D. Parizeau, Hydrographic Service.

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After Captain Cyril Demetrius Neroutsos (1868-1954), known as "The Skipper", who was manager of CPR Coastal Service at the time the feature was named. Obituary & biography in Victoria Times, 14 December 1954 (file A.1.35)

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He participated in the famed New Zealand to London clipper ship races around The Cape, and, with the Australian, South American and East Indies trade, sailed around the world four times before the age of 18. Was signed on with the British India Steam Navigation Company, and was working out of Seattle as the marine superintendent for the Frank Waterhouse Company during the Gold Rush. Joined the Canadian Pacific Navigation Company in 1901, as marine superintendent. Serving aboard S.S. Islander in Alaska waters when she struck an iceberg and sunk in 20 minutes, with great loss of life; Neroutsos was the only executive officer to survive. Captain Cyril Demetrius Neroutsos was the father of Lieut Col Cyril Houlton Neroutsos, whom the family maintain was the namesake of Cyril Rock, near Texada Island (information provided by grandson John Neroutsos, 1 October 1996)

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