Port Harvey

Port Harvey is a port on the south side of the Cracroft Islands in the Johnstone Strait region of the Central Coast region of British Columbia, Canada, forming a small bay or inlet south of the shallows that link West Cracroft and East Cracroft Islands.[1] On its east shore is Keecekiltum Indian Reserve No. 2, 11.7 ha., which is under the governance of the Tlowitsis Nation of the Kwakwaka'wakw peoples.[2] at 50°33′00″N 126°16′00″W.[3] It was named by Captain Richards for Captain Harvey of HMS Havannah.[4]: 211 

Timber awaiting shipment in Port Harvey

See also

References
  1. BC Names/GeoBC entry "Port Harvey"
  2. Indian and Northern Affairs Canada "Reserve/Settlement Village Detail"
  3. BC Names/GeoBC entry "Keecekiltum 2 (Indian reserve)"
  4. Akrigg, G.P.V.; Akrigg, Helen B. (1986), British Columbia Place Names (3rd, 1997 ed.), Vancouver: UBC Press, ISBN 0-7748-0636-2

50°33′12″N 126°16′35″W


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