| Feature Type: | Reach - Relatively straight section of a river, lake, or inlet. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Mid-section of Princess Royal Channel, between mainland and Princess Royal Island, Range 4 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°04'04"N, 128°33'30"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103H/2 |
| Related Maps: |
103A/15 103H/2 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 2 April 1929 on Ottawa file OBF 1209, as recommended by Hydrographic Service. Confirmed 7 March 1933 on OBF 1420 and 14 June 1946 on map 103SE. Source: BC place name cards, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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"According to Mr. James Allan Grahame, commissioner of the Hudson's Bay Company (who died at Victoria, 19 June 1905), this reach was named after Sir James Robert Graham, Bart. of Netherby, first lord of the Admiralty, 1852-1855. Named circa 1853." (same namesake as Graham Island, QCI) Source: Walbran, John T; "British Columbia Coast Names, 1592-1906: Their Origin and History"; published for the Geographic Board of Canada, Ottawa, 1909 (republished for the Vancouver Public Library by J.J. Douglas Ltd, Vancouver, 1971) |