Clapp 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: | Between Southeast side of Gilford Island and Shewell Island, Range 1, Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°39'33"N, 126°15'26"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92L/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 2 July 1959 on C.3525, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 581, 1863 et seq, and as labelled 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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After Edward Scobell Clapp, navigating lieutenant, HMS Scout, on this station 1871-73. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |