| Language of origin | English language |
| Feature Type: | Bight - Water area in a broad indentation of the shoreline. |
| Status: | Not official |
| Other Names: | KENNESOfficial |
| Relative Location: | N of Brentwood Bay on E side of Saanich Inlet, N of Victoria, Cowichan Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 48°35'22"N, 123°27'59"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92B/11 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Hagan Bight adopted 6 November 1934 on Department of National Defence sheet 415D, Saanich (Ottawa file OBF 1449-2). Name changed to KENNES, 29 March 2010 on 92B/11, as recommended by Hagan Creek/KENNES Watershed Project and Saanich Native Heritage Society, and as endorsed by Tsartlip First Nation, traditional occupants of this area, and as unanimously supported by Mayor and Council of Central Saanich District Municipality/minutes 7 December 2009. (file V.1.38) Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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According to local fishermen and radio broadcasts, this is sometimes referred to as "Indian Bay." (see also Saanich Inlet newspaper article, Victoria Times-Colonist, Islander/8-9 February 1981. Source: included with note |