Farewell Harbour is a harbour and landing in the area of Johnstone Strait of the Central Coast region of British Columbia, Canada, located between Swanson, Crease and Harbledown Islands.[1]
Name origin
editFarewell Harbour was "named in 1870 by Staff Commander Pender and officers of HM hired surveying vessel Beaver, because it was the last place surveyed, and in the Beaver they had "fared well", and now it was good-bye, farewell."[2]
References
edit- ^ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Farewell Harbour"
- ^ communicated to John T. Walbran by Capt. Browning in British Columbia Coast Names, 1592-1906: Their Origin and History, John T. Walbran, published for the Geographic Board of Canada, Ottawa, 1909 (republished for the Vancouver Public Library by J.J. Douglas Ltd, Vancouver, 1971.
50°36′04″N 126°40′18″W / 50.60111°N 126.67167°W
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