| Feature Type: | Passage - Variation of Pass: Narrow stretch of water connecting two larger water bodies. |
| Status: |
Not official
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| Relative Location: | Between NW end of Graham Island and Langara Island, Queen Charlotte Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°10'46"N, 132°59'45"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103K/3 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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"During the first British Admiralty survey of the region in 1853 Commander James Prevost of the "Virago" named the passage after his close friend, Sir William Edward Parry, the noted Arctic Explorer. Previous to this the waterway had been known by several other names: William Douglas called it Cox's Channel after one of the outfitters of the "Iphigenia," commanded by Douglas in 1788 and 1789; Joseph Ingraham of the American brig "Hope" prepared a sketch map during 1791 and 1792 showing the passage as Cunneyah's Streights [sic] after the chief of nearby Kiusta village; Jacinto Caamano in 1792 named it Puerto de Floridablanca after Conde De Floridablanca.... " Source: Dalzell, Kathleen E; Queen Charlotte Islands - Book 2: of places and names; Prince Rupert: Cove Press, 1973 |