| Feature Type: | Island - Land area surrounded by water or marsh. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Off Harwood Point, S of Gillies Bay on W side Texada Island, Texada Island Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°39'04"N, 124°28'11"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92F/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Dick Island adopted 6 May 1924, as labelled on BC map 2D, 1923; not "Shelter Island" as had been labelled on Diagram of Texada Island, 51B2 (date not cited). Re-approved 2 December 1948 on C.3590. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"...connected to Harwood Point [formerly Shelter Point] by a drying boulder bar." (Sailing Directions, Fisheries & Oceans Canada, vol 1, 16th edition, 1999, p.242) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Renamed to avoid duplication, after Archibald Dick, who purchased Lot 18, Texada Island District, on December 18, 1888. See also Mount Dick. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |