Passage Island

Passage Island (49˚20'36" 123˚18'20" S end of Queen Charlotte Channel, E entrance to Howe Sd, just NW of Vancouver). The Skxwúmish (Squamish) First Nation name for this 13-ha island is Smismus-sulch, meaning “the waves go over it all the time,” according to Howe Sound historian Doreen Armitage. The feature’s current name was bestowed in 1792 by Capt George Vancouver for its position in the passage between Bowen I and the mainland. Vancouver noted that “Passage and Anvil islands in...

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