Canaveral Passage

Canaveral Passage (53˚34'00" 130˚08'00" Between Squall I and McCauley I, Principe Channel, S of Prince Rupert), Canaveral Rock (53˚33'00" 130˚09'00" In Port Canaveral), Port Canaveral (53˚34'00" 130˚08'59" Off SW end of McCauley I). Spanish explorer Lt Cdr Jacinto Caamaño, aboard Aránzazu, originally applied the name Puerto del Cañaveral to the S entrance of Petrel Channel, W of Pitt I, on his 1792 survey of the N coast. Capt George Vancouver retained the name when passing through the...

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