Pearse 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 Cormorant and Pearse Islands at N entrance to Johnstone Strait, Rupert Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°34'49"N, 126°53'44"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92L/10 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Pearse Passage adopted 6 January 1949 as labelled on Forest Cover sheet R.63 #3 (date not cited) and as labelled on BC map 2C, 1948; not "Race Passage" as labelled on British Admiralty chart 581, 1867 et seq, and on BC map 2C, 1919 & 1929. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Change recommended by Hydrographic Service to avoid confusion with other "Race" passages (file V.1.48), re-named in association with Pearse Islands. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |