Allison Harbour, also formerly known as False Bay and False Schooner Passage, is a natural harbour on the

Central Coast of British Columbia , settlement_type = Region of British Columbia , image_skyline = , nickname = "The Coast" , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Canada , subdivision_type1 = Province , subdivision_name1 = British ...

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, extending north from

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to the southeast of Bramham Island. It is the site of the former post office and steamer landing of Allison Harbour, British Columbia. The Allison Reefs lie in the entrance to the sound;

Allison Cone Allison may refer to: People * Allison (given name) * Allison (surname) (includes a list of people with this name) * Eugene Allison Smith (1922-1980), American politician and farmer Companies * Allison Engine Company, American aircraft engine ...

(185m), which is nearby between Shelter Bay and

Cape Caution Cape Caution is a headland along the Central Coast of the Canadian Province of British Columbia. It is the point where Queen Charlotte Strait meets Queen Charlotte Sound, as well as where Mount Waddington Regional District meets Central Coast ...

, was named in association with Allison Harbour. It is now protected as part of Allison Harbour Marine Provincial Park. There is no connection to

Alison Sound Alison Sound is a sound in the Central Coast region of British Columbia, Canada. It extends north and northwest from Belize Inlet, which itself is one of the many sidewaters of Seymour Inlet. There is no connection in name or geography to Allison ...

, which is an arm of

Belize Inlet Belize Inlet is an inlet on the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada, located to the north of and adjoining Seymour Inlet Seymour Inlet is one of the lesser travelled of the principal inlets of the British Columbia Coast. Unlike larger inle ...

in the complex of inlets leading out of Seymour Inlet.

Name origin

The present name was conferred in 1922 in honour of a Mr. Allison, manager of logging operations for the Smith-Dollar Lumber Company, circa 1922.

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Name origin

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