Boat 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: | NE end of Saturna Island, Cowichan Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 48°48'49"N, 123°11'21"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92B/14 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 14 January 1946 on Chart 350, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 579, 1863 et seq, and as identified in 1930 BC Gazetteer. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Presumably named by Captain Richards, when he was surveying this area 1858-60. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |