Stewart Passage

Stewart Passage (53˚26'00" 130˚25'00" Between Surge Rks and NW side of Banks I). Named for the federal survey vessel William J Stewart, built on Georgian Bay, at Collingwood, Ont, in 1932 and designed for hydrographic work. It spent 43 years as the Pacific flagship of the Canadian Hydrographic Service. The 72-m, 1,175-tonne steamship had a large chart room beneath the bridge, which surveyors used as a seagoing office, and fairly comfortable officers’ quarters, though crew members lived in...

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