| Feature Type: | Peninsula - Elongated projection of land into a body of water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | E side of Malaspina Peninsula at NE end of Strait of Georgia, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°01'02"N, 124°43'51"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92K/2 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 31 December 1945 on C.3591, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 580, 1865 et seq. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named c1865 by Captain Pender, after Captain Trevenen Penrose Coode, RN, HMS Sutlej, flagship of Read Admiral Hon. Joseph Denman, commander in chief Pacific station 1864-1866. Entered the navy 1835; lieutenant 1845; commander 1856; captain 1862; rear admiral, retired, 1878. Served in the "Royal George" during the Russian war, 1854-56. Source: Walbran, John T; British Columbia Coast Names, 1592-1906: their origin and history; Ottawa, 1909 (republished for the Vancouver Public Library by J.J. Douglas Ltd, Vancouver, 1971) |
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Son of Sir John Coode, and nephew of Vice-Admiral Charles Vinicombe Penrose; served as First Lieutenant aboard Plumper, which vessel was later under Captain Pender. Source: Provincial Archives of BC "Place Names File" compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions |