| Feature Type: | Harbour (1) - Sheltered water in a shoreline indentation, suitable for mooring or anchoring vessels. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | SW side of Sonora Island, N of Campbell River (city), Sayward Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°20'33"N, 125°18'35"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92K/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 2 September 1948 on Canadian chart S.119, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 579, 1870 et seq, and on BC map 2C, 1919 (file D.2.44). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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....adopted on C.3522 Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |
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Named in 1863 by Captain Pender, after HM screw sloop Cameleon, 17 guns, 952 tons, Commander Edward Hardinge. Commissioned 1861 and arrived at Esquimalt 8 May 1863, remaining on the station until 1865. She was again on this station 1867-1869, Commander William H. Annesley, leaving Victoria for England, via the South Sea Islands 22 October 1869....... Source: Walbran, John T; British Columbia Coast Names, 1592-1906: their origin and history; Ottawa, 1909 (republished for the Vancouver Public Library by J.J. Douglas Ltd, Vancouver, 1971) |
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The following names in Cameleon Harbour are given after the officers of the 17 gun sloop HMS Cameleon during her first commission on the Pacific Station, 1863-63: Source: Walbran, John T; British Columbia Coast Names, 1592-1906: their origin and history; Ottawa, 1909 (republished for the Vancouver Public Library by J.J. Douglas Ltd, Vancouver, 1971) |