In March 2008, the Stz'uminus First Nation representative George Harris proposed renaming the nearby Strait of Georgia as the Salish Sea, an idea that reportedly met with approval by B.C.

's Aboriginal Relations Minister Mike de Jong, who pledged to put it before the B.C.

[2] The name was formally adopted as of the Throne Speech opening the BC Legislature on February 9, 2010.

13, is located on Stuart Channel, which is one of the countless smaller waterways within the Salish Sea as defined.

The Salish Sea name was originally proposed by Bert Webber from Bellingham, Washington in March, 1989, for the Strait of Georgia, Puget Sound and the Strait of Juan de Fuca and all adjoining waters.