Détroit de Juan de Fuca
| Feature Type: | Strait - Passage, usually navigable, connecting two larger bodies of water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Forming a portion of the International Boundary, between Vancouver Island and Washington State |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 48°19'59"N, 124°00'00"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92B/5 |
| Related Maps: |
92B/5 92B/6 92C/10 92C/8 92C/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Juan de Fuca Strait was adopted by the Geographic Board of Canada 1 May 1934 on 92B/6, as labelled on Trutch's 1871 map of British Columbia, and on numerous subsequent provincial maps and publications. Name confirmed 8 July 1948 on C.3607. The French form Détroit de Juan de Fuca is also recognized at the federal level in Canada. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |