| Feature Type: | Passage - Variation of Pass: Narrow stretch of water connecting two larger water bodies. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Between West Thurlow and East Thurlow Islands, N side of Johnstone Strait N of Campbell River (city), Range 1 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°24'13"N, 125°29'43"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92K/6 |
| Related Maps: |
92K/5 92K/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Mayne Passage adopted 6 April 1950 on 92/NW, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 580, 1867 et seq, and on BC Map 2C, 1919, and as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Previously approved January 16, 1950 on C.3571. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |
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Only the northern entrance of Mayne Passage is shown and named on early British Admiralty Charts. The notation on the BC name card: "Locally known as Blind Channel. See BC Pilot." has been carefully crossed out, without further explanation. Perhaps originally so-noted in association with Blind Channel Post Office, in turn named and opened in 1917 before the passage had been completely surveyed and charted. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |