Origin Notes and History:
Adopted 6 April 1926 on C.324, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart #1923A, 1867 et seq.
Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office.
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Named in 1792 by Lieutenant Commander Jacinto Caamaño, after Estéban Jose Martinez, an officer in the Spanish navy, and nephew of Don Manuel Antonio Flores.... [see Walbran for lengthy discussion of namesake Martinez' presence in these waters.] Estevan is an anglecized spelling of Estéban...
Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office.
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