Davies Bay
| Feature Type: | Bay - Water area in an indentation of the shoreline of a sea, lake, or large river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Head of Work Channel, just E of Prince Rupert, Range 5 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°19'03"N, 129°58'50"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103I/5 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 3 March 1949 on C.3844. Confirmed 4October 1951 on 103I. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Named after the Honourable Sir Louis Henry Davies, PC, KCMG, Minister of Marine and Fisheries, Canada 1896 to 1901, when he was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of Canada. Residing at Ottawa, 1909. Named by Captain Walbran, CGS "Quadra", and adopted by the Geographic Board of Canada in 1898." [note: no record of correspondence or Board decision about this name prior to 1949] Source: Walbran, John T; British Columbia Coast Names, 1592-1906: their origin and history; Ottawa, 1909 (republished for the Vancouver Public Library by J.J. Douglas Ltd, Vancouver, 1971) |