Neroutsos Inlet is an

inlet An inlet is a (usually long and narrow) indentation of a shoreline, such as a small arm, bay, sound, fjord, lagoon or marsh, that leads to an enclosed larger body of water such as a lake, estuary, gulf or marginal sea. Overview In marine geogra ...

on the north end of

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, off of

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Etymology

The inlet was named on 3 May 1927 after Captain Cyril Demetrius Neroutsos (1868–1954), known as "The Skipper", who was manager of

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Coastal Service at the time the feature was named. Obituary & biography in Victoria Times, 14 December 1954 (file A.1.35)

History

Neroutsos participated in the famed

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to London clipper ship races around The Cape, and, with the Australian, South American and East Indies trade, sailed around the world four times before the age of 18. Was signed on with the

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, and was working out of Seattle as the marine superintendent for the Frank Waterhouse Company during the

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. Joined the

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in 1901, as marine superintendent. Serving aboard '' S.S. Islander'' in Alaska waters when she struck an iceberg and sunk in 20 minutes, with great loss of life; Neroutsos was the only executive officer to survive.

References

BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
Inlets of British Columbia Bodies of water of Vancouver Island Quatsino Sound region {{BritishColumbiaCoast-geo-stub