Loretta Channel
| Feature Type: | Channel (3) - Narrow stretch of water connecting two bodies of water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Between Loretta and Maitland Islands, at junction of Devastation and Douglas Channels S of Kitimat, Range 4 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°44'50"N, 128°53'47"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103H/10 |
| Related Maps: |
103H/10 103H/15 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Loretta Channel was originally approved in the 1930 B.C.Gazetteer. Confirmed 7 March 1933 on O.B.F. 1420, 2 March 1952 on 103H and 5 March 1953 on c.3743. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |
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"The channel is called Sawiksewa in Haisla, meaning 'to go through it'." (information contributed February 2007 by anthropologist James V. (Jay) Powell, Professor Emeritus, University of British Columbia, Vancouver; consultant to Haisla Nation, 2000-present). Source: included with note |