Chearnley 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 Henry and William Islands, Range 5 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°01'49"N, 130°41'21"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103J/2 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Chearnley Passage adopted 6 February 1948 on C.3714, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 2453, 1912, and as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Confirmed 8 July 1954 on 103 J/2. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named by Canadian Hydrographic Service after Lieut. C.P. Chearnley, HM surveying vessel Egeria, 1908-09. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |