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Name Details:
Origin Notes and History:
Adopted 8 April 1981 on 92G/6, as submitted by J.E. (Ted) Roberts.
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
Submitted by J.E. (Ted) Roberts, to commemorate the efforts of Captain Vancouver's 4th Boat Expedition under Lieutenant Peter Puget, who identified the feature by this name in his journal, June 1792. A photocopy of Puget's published journal in Vancouver Public Library. Original held at Public Records Office, London (PRO ADM 55/27); from Puget's notes held at the British Library (BL Add. MS 17545 and MS 17546)
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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