| Feature Type: | Inlet (3) - Elongated body of water extending from a sea or lake. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Extending N and E behind Broughton Island, opposite Alert Bay, Range 1 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°55'46"N, 126°27'24"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92L/16 |
| Related Maps: |
92L/15 92L/16 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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"Kingcome Inlet (not Kingcombe)" adopted in the 6th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 30 June 1906, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 581, 1867 et seq. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in 1865 by Captain Pender, RN, after Rear Admiral Sir John Kingcome, who had been commander in chief on this station 1863-64, flagship Sutlej... Lieutenant 1815; commander 1828; captain 1838; rear admiral 1857; vice admiral 1864; KCB 1865; died 1871..... Source: Walbran, John T; British Columbia Coast Names, 1592-1906: their origin and history; Ottawa, 1909 (republished for the Vancouver Public Library by J.J. Douglas Ltd, Vancouver, 1971) |
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Kwak'wala name is Gwa'yi Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |