Port Harvey is a port on the south side of the Cracroft Islands in the

Johnstone Strait , image = Pacific Ranges over Johnstone Strait.jpg , image_size = 250px , alt = , caption = Johnstone Strait backdropped by the Vancouver Island Ranges , image_bathymetry = Carte baie Knight ...

region of the Central Coast region of

British Columbia British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, ...

, Canada, forming a small bay or inlet south of the shallows that link West Cracroft and

East Cracroft Island East Cracroft Island is an island in the Johnstone Strait region of the Central Coast region of British Columbia, Canada. It is the smaller of the two Cracroft Islands, and at low tide is really one island with its larger neighbour, West Cracro ...

s. On its east shore is Keecekiltum Indian Reserve No. 2, 11.7 ha., which is under the governance of the

Tlowitsis Nation The Tlowitsis Nation, formerly the Klowitsis Tribe, the Turnour Island Band and the Tlowitsis-Mumtagila First Nation, is the Indian Act band government of the Ławit'sis (Tlowitsis) tribe of the Kwakwaka'wakw peoples, located in the Queen Charlo ...

of the Kwakwaka'wakw peoples. at .BC Names/GeoBC entry "Keecekiltum 2 (Indian reserve)"
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Captain Richards Sir George Henry Richards (13 January 1820 –14 November 1896) was Hydrographer of the Royal Navy from 1863 to 1874. Biography Richards was born in Antony, Cornwall, the son of Captain G. S. Richards, and joined the Royal Navy in 1832. ...

for Captain Harvey of .

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Ports and harbours of British Columbia Central Coast of British Columbia Kwakwaka'wakw Bays of British Columbia {{BritishColumbiaCoast-geo-stub

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