Rumble Beach
| Feature Type: | Community - An unincorporated populated place, generally with a population of 50 or more, and having a recognized central area that might contain a post office, store and/or community hall, etc, intended for the use of the general public in the region. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Port Alice (municipality), E side of Neroutsos Inlet, Quatsino Sound, Rupert Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°25'39"N, 127°29'05"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92L/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Rumble Beach (settlement) adopted 6 January 1969 on C.3690 - the residential townsite for Port Alice (municipality) Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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A 500 acre cleared area beside Pebble Beach: 6 apartment buildings under construction, located 1.5 miles south of Jeune Landing. (Victoria Colonist, 8 August 1964); photograph of Rumble Beach in Victoria Colonist, 9 August 1964, p.12. Served by Northland Navigation Company Ltd., (timetable #27, 22 October 1965). Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |