Ross Passage (49˚20'00" 126˚03'00" E of Flores I, NE of McKay I, Clayoquot Sd, W side of Vancouver I). Named for John Telford Ross (1868–1964), a Presbyterian missionary and teacher who came to Diana I in Barkley Sd in 1905. He was appointed principal of Ahousat’s large First Nation residential school about 1910–16, after which he taught at Ucluelet. Ross was married several times, including to fellow missionary Jean McNeil (see McNeil Peninsula) at Alberni in 1909 and to Louisa Perkins...
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