Pearse Canal is a channel or strait forming part of the Canada–United States border at the southern end of the Alaska Panhandle and adjacent to the mouth of Portland Inlet . It is on the northwest side of Wales and Pearse Islands , which are in British Columbia , Canada, and forms part of the southwestern edge of Misty Fiords National Monument in Alaska , United States. The southwest entrance to the strait is between Phipp Point and Maie Point, both in Alaska.
6-709: The strait was named by Captain Daniel Pender in 1868 as part of surveying of the coast, in association with Pearse Island . Pearse Canal was established as part of the Canada-United States border as part of the outcome of the Alaska boundary dispute with the Hay-Herbert Treaty , otherwise known as the Alaska Boundary Settlement, of January 24, 1903. US claims had included Wales and Pearse Island. Under
12-529: A harbour and group of communities on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia , Canada, are named for Pender, as are North and South Pender Islands in the Southern Gulf Islands and various placenames associated with those islands. Farther north are also a Mount Pender on Campania Island and a Pender Point on Neroutsos Inlet . The Pender Harbour area also includes a Mount Daniel, a Daniel Point and
18-743: A year later after the Plumper was deemed too small and unsuitable for the coast's waters. When the British government commissioned the Hudson Bay Company to continue the hydraulic survey of the coast, he was given command of the company's Beaver . He replaced Captain George Henry Richards , who was recalled to Britain after he was appointed as the Hydrographer of the Royal Navy . Pender Harbour ,
24-549: The meaning was Clarence Strait , while the original US interpretation interpreted it as south of Wales Island. This article about a location in the Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a location on the North Coast of British Columbia , Canada is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Daniel Pender Daniel Pender
30-579: The terms of the treaty, Pearse Canal along with Tongass Passage (due west of Canada's Wales Island) and the Portland Canal is defined as "Portland Channel", a term which was established as defining the boundary by the Anglo-Russian Treaty of 1825 but which remained undefined and not on maps until this time. Disputes over the meaning of the term were pivotal to the eventual settlement of the boundary in this region. A varying interpretation maintained
36-448: Was a Royal Navy Staff Commander, later captain , who surveyed the Coast of British Columbia aboard HMS Plumper , HMS Hecate and Beaver from 1857 to 1870. Pender was recorded as the second master of the admiralty survey vessel, HMS Plumper , in 1857 when he arrived at Esquimalt . He was promoted as the ship's master in 1860. He was, however, transferred to HMS Hecate
#89910