Edye 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 Prescott & Arthur Islands and NW side of Porcher Island, S of Prince Rupert, Range 5 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°02'39"N, 130°36'24"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103J/2 |
|
|
Origin Notes and History:
|
Adopted 7 March 1933 on Geological Survey sheet 278A, Prince Rupert, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 2453, 1872 et seq, and as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Re-approved 2 October 1946 on C.3735 and 8 July 1954 on 103J/2. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
|
Named in 1870 by Captain Pender, after Captain [later Admiral] William Henry Edye, HMS Satellite, on this station in 1869, having arrived from China. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |