Tasu Sound
| Language of origin | Haida language |
| Feature Type: | Sound (1) - Large body of water from which two or more inlets, arms or channels branch off. |
| Status: | Official |
| Other Names: | Tasoo Harbour |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | W side of Moresby Island, Queen Charlotte Land District |
| Tags: | Indigenous |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°47'14"N, 132°02'19"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103C/16 |
| Related Maps: |
103B/12 103B/13 103C/16 103C/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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"Tasoo Harbour" adopted 7 March 1933, as listed in the 1930 Gazetteer of Canada. Name changed to "Tasu Sound" 3 July 1946 on Map 103SE. Tasu Sound confirmed 30 September 1946 on Chart #354. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office staff. |
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Identified as Tasso Harbour in Sailing Directions, Queen Charlotte Islands - Western Coast of North America, 1853, p.11; remarks by George H. Inskip, Master, RN. (British Library 10496.i.29). "Tasu" (pronounced Tass-soo) is a Haida word meaning "lake of plenty". Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |