Farewell Harbour

Farewell Harbour is a harbour and landing in the area of Johnstone Strait of the Central Coast region of British Columbia, Canada, located between Swanson, Crease and Harbledown Islands.[1]

Name origin

Farewell Harbour was "named in 1870 by Staff Commander Pender and officers of HM hired surveying vessel Beaver, because it was the last place surveyed, and in the Beaver they had "fared well", and now it was good-bye, farewell."[2]

gollark: _perpetually needs more reds_
gollark: Mostly because I'm trying to mix getting shadow walkers, random hatchlings and CB rares, which is kind of hard.
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References
  1. BC Names/GeoBC entry "Farewell Harbour"
  2. communicated to John T. Walbran by Capt. Browning in British Columbia Coast Names, 1592-1906: Their Origin and History, John T. Walbran, published for the Geographic Board of Canada, Ottawa, 1909 (republished for the Vancouver Public Library by J.J. Douglas Ltd, Vancouver, 1971.

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