Kerr Channel
| Feature Type: | Channel (2) - Alternative course in a flowing water body, or a distributary within a delta. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Skeena River, between Ferry Island and W bank of Skeena River, in Terrace, Range 5 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°30'31"N, 128°34'44"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103I/10 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 24 March 1988 on 103I/10, as submitted in August 1987 by Regional District's Historic Names Committee. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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After Alex Kerr, who purchased farmland along this channel c1910; the property stayed in the Kerr family until the late-1970's. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |