Description
Bocas de Apodaca is located entrances of Moira and Cholmondeley Sounds on east coast of Prince of Wales I., Alex. Arch.
History
Named by Lieutenant Don Jacinto Caamano who saw them July 23, 1792 when in the middle of Clarence Strait. "Sebastian Ruiz de Apodaca was one of the most eminent naval officers of Spain of the day; later he was Viceroy of New Spain" (Wagner, 1937, p. 427).