Navy Channel
| Feature Type: | Channel (3) - Narrow stretch of water connecting two bodies of water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | In the Gulf Islands, between North Pender Island and Mayne Island, Cowichan Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 48°49'24"N, 123°17'47"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92B/14 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 29 December 1945 on C.350, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 2689, 1859 et seq, and on BC Lands' map 2A, 1913 et seq, and as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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Named by Captain Richards, RN, while surveying these waters from HMS Plumper in 1859; Navy Channel extends northwest from Plumper Sound to a line between Stanley Point and Dinner Point. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |