Hawkins Narrows

Hawkins Narrows (53˚25'00" 129˚25'00" N end of Union Passage, SE end of Pitt I), Hawkins Point (52˚47'00" 129˚06'00" S of Surf Inlet, W side of Princess Royal I). Hazel Elizabeth Hawkins was a student draftsperson at the Victoria offices of the Canadian Hydrographic Service in 1942. In 1944, Victoria proposed that another feature in Union Passage be named Elizabeth Narrows after this young person, but Ottawa refused to approve the suggestion: “It is felt that too many names of your office...

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