Buchan Inlet
| Feature Type: | Inlet (3) - Elongated body of water extending from a sea or lake. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | N of Port Stephens, SW side of Pitt Island, Range 4 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°22'28"N, 129°46'39"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103H/5 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 21 July 1944 on C.3721. Confirmed 2 March 1950 on C.3741, 6 April 1950 on C.3742, and 2 October 1952 on 103H. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (1875-1940), Scottish author and Governor General of Canada, 1935-40. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |