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 / 50.55000°N 126.26667°W. [3] It was named by Captain Richards for Captain Harvey of HMS Havannah. [4]: 211
- ^ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Port Harvey"
- ^ Indian and Northern Affairs Canada "Reserve/Settlement Village Detail"
- ^ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Keecekiltum 2 (Indian reserve)"
- ^ 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 / 50.55333°N 126.27639°W
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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 / 50.55000°N 126.26667°W. [3] It was named by Captain Richards for Captain Harvey of HMS Havannah. [4]: 211
- ^ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Port Harvey"
- ^ Indian and Northern Affairs Canada "Reserve/Settlement Village Detail"
- ^ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Keecekiltum 2 (Indian reserve)"
- ^ 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 / 50.55333°N 126.27639°W
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