Union 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: | Between Farrant and Pitt Islands, Range 4 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°19'57"N, 129°25'52"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103H/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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"Union Passage (not Matliksimtas Passage)" adopted in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Application altered 7 March 1933 on Ottawa file OBF 1420, to apply to the water between Farrant and Pitt Islands, NE of Hinton Island. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |