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314: 463: 447: 310: 459: 471: 272: 693:, John T Walbran, Ottawa, 1909 (republished for the Vancouver Public Library by J.J. Douglas Ltd, Vancouver, 1971), quoted in the Drury Inlet BC Names entry] 228: 387: 343: 182: 138: 734: 504: 71: 467: 475: 787: 646: 454:, from where she was sent to the Australia station. Other places around Drury Inlet are named for officers who served on the 120:, some distance to the west from the south entrance of Wells Passage and is itself at the entry to another series of inlets ( 782: 17: 550: 116:. Compton Point is the tip of a peninsula of the mainland, on the outside of which is located 51: 39: 35: 109: 8: 309:, which was first published on Admiralty maps in 1865 like other locations in the area. 440: 175:
was named for "a deranged settler who once lived in a cabin on the shore of the bay".
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group of peoples. It is believed to have been named for His Majesty's gunboat
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sits in the middle of the opening, on the Drury Inlet side. It comprises
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Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Reserves/Settlements/Villages Detail
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British Columbia Coast Names, 1592-1906: their origin and history
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Across the head of Drury Inlet to the west of Actress Passage is
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BC Names/GeoBC entry "Dove Island 12 (Indian reserve)"
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in the East Indies and Chinese waters in later years.
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is the headland on the south side of the entrance, at
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Drury had succeeded Commander 718: 707: 696: 684: 673: 669:BC Names entry "Sutherland Bay" 662: 651: 640: 629: 618: 607: 596: 585: 581:BC Names entry "Compton Point" 574: 563: 478:, for the vessel itself. 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Index

Actress Passage
inlet
Queen Charlotte Strait
Central Coast of British Columbia
Canada
Wells Passage
North Broughton Island
Port Hardy
Actaeon Sound
Compton Point
50°53′09″N 126°53′45″W / 50.88583°N 126.89583°W / 50.88583; -126.89583 (Drury Inlet)
Broughton Archipelago
Knight Inlet
Blunden Harbour
Belize Inlet
Seymour Inlet
50°53′57″N 126°58′54″W / 50.89917°N 126.98167°W / 50.89917; -126.98167 (Bughouse Bay)
50°54′15″N 126°58′52″W / 50.90417°N 126.98111°W / 50.90417; -126.98111 (Bughouse Lake)
50°56′28″N 127°07′56″W / 50.94111°N 127.13222°W / 50.94111; -127.13222 (Actress Passage)
50°56′03″N 127°08′16″W / 50.93417°N 127.13778°W / 50.93417; -127.13778 (Charlottee Point)
Dove Island
Dove Island Indian Reserve No. 12
Gwawaenuk Tribe
Kwakwaka'wakw
HMS Actaeon
50°55′30″N 127°10′59″W / 50.92500°N 127.18306°W / 50.92500; -127.18306 (Sutherland Bay)
50°55′16″N 127°08′14″W / 50.92111°N 127.13722°W / 50.92111; -127.13722 (Sutherland Bay)
Daniel Pender
Byron Drury
HMS Pandora

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