Departure Bay

Departure Bay (49˚12'00" 123˚57'00" Just NW of Nanaimo, E side of Vancouver I). Named by HBC surveyor Joseph Pemberton about 1853, supposedly because a First Nation group had recently left the bay and also for the fact that it was a good place for shipping to arrive and depart. Departure Ck, which flows into the bay, derives its name from the same source. George Inskip, master of HMS Virago, surveyed Nanaimo Hbr and Departure Bay in 1853. Spanish explorer José Narváez was the first European...

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