Bargain Harbour
| Feature Type: | Bay - Water area in an indentation of the shoreline of a sea, lake, or large river. |
| Status: | Not official |
| Other Names: | Bargain BayOfficial |
| Relative Location: | E side of Malaspina Strait, S of ḵalpilin (harbour), New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°36'43"N, 124°02'20"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92F/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Bargain Harbour adopted in the 1930 BC Gazetteer, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 579, 1863 et seq, and as labelled on BC map 2A, 1913. Form of name changed to Bargain Bay, 4 October 1945 on C.3590 as recommended by Hydrographic Service (file H.2.45) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |