Flora Bank
| Feature Type: | Bank (2) - An elevation over which the depth of water is relatively shallow, but normally sufficient for safe surface navigation. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Between Lelu and Kitson Islands at N entrance to Inverness Passage, S of Prince Rupert, Range 5 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°11'14"N, 130°18'00"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103J/1 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 21 February 1946 on C3702, as submitted by Hydrographic Service. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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Locally known as Kitson Bank. Re-named by Hydrographic Service after Miss Flora MacDonald, daughter of the manager of Inverness Cannery, 1906 Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |