| Feature Type: | River - Watercourse of variable size, which has tributaries and flows into a body of water or a larger watercourse. |
| Status: | Not official |
| Other Names: | Strandby RiverOfficial |
| Relative Location: | Flows N into Shuttleworth Bight, in Cape Scott Provincial Park, Rupert Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°50'19"N, 128°08'49"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 102I/16 |
| Related Maps: |
102I/16 102I/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Stranby River adopted 13 March 1947 on C.3676, as recommended by Hydrographic Service and as labelled on Jackson's 1936 map 92L/13; not "Cache Creek" as identified in 1892 surveyors report and as labelled on BC map 2C, 1919, and on BC map 1K, 1925. Stranby River re-approved 6 May 1947 on 102I/8-9, and 6 November 1952 on 102I. Spelling changed to Strandby River 5 July 2005 on 102I/16 and 102I/9, as recommended by historian Ruth Botel, and endorsed by Regional District of Mount Waddington, Port Hardy & District Chamber of Commerce, Quatsino Band Council, BC Parks, North Island Trails Society, etc. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Stranby River [sic] named by surveyor Jackson to recall the post office and settlement that used to be located at the mouth. Note, however, that the post office name was spelled "Strandby" - in turn named after a coastal village on the northeast shore of Denmark. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |