| Language of origin | English language |
| Feature Type: | Harbour (1) - Sheltered water in a shoreline indentation, suitable for mooring or anchoring vessels. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | W and NW sides of Kaien Island, Range 5 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°20'24"N, 130°17'14"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103J/8 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Prince Rupert Harbour adopted in the 7th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 30 June 1908. Confirmed 8 July 1954 on 103J/8. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Identified as Lima Harbour on GTP's "Map of Lima Harbour and Tsimpsean Peninsula" by Fred Ritchie, PLS, DLS, 1905. "Our Company desires to discontinue the use of the names Lima Harbour and Tuck's Inlet, and to substitute therefor 'Prince Rupert Harbour'." (8 February 1907 letter from D. Tate, GTPR Legal Department, to minister of the Interior, Ottawa, with accompanying GTPR blueprint #1946). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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South entrance is between Lima Point (Digby Island) and Bishop Island; extends north then northeast then north to Tuck Point (Tsimpsean Peninsula); the North entrance to Prince Rupert Harbour is via Venn Passage between Grindstone and deStein Points. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |