Haddington 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: | Just off Port McNeill, in Broughton Strait between Haddington and Malcolm Islands, Rupert Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°36'47"N, 127°00'56"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92L/11 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Haddington Passage adopted 6 May 1947, as recommended by Hydrographic Service; not "False Passage" as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 581, 1867 et seq, and as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Source: BC place name cards, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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False Passage is a misnomer. Renamed by the Canadian Hydrographic Service in association with Haddington Island, in turn named in 1846 by Cmdr Gordon of the steam sloop Cormorant, after the Earl of Haddington, 1st Lord of the Admiralty 1841-46. Source: BC place name cards, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |