Muir Rocks
| Language of origin | English language |
| Feature Type: | Rocks (1) - Small mass of rock usually projecting above the water surface. Plural of Rock (1). |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Just NW of Port Alice (mill site), in Neroutsos Inlet, Quatsino Sound, Rupert Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°23'18"N, 127°28'19"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92L/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 5 April 1927 on C317, as submitted by Hydrographic Service. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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Named by H.D. Parizeau, Hydrographic Service, after Mr. Muir, an accountant with Whalen Pulp and Paper Mills Company, Port Alice, when surveys of Quatsino Sound were made 1920-22. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |