Burnaby Island
| Feature Type: | Island - Land area surrounded by water or marsh. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Off Southeast of coast of Moresby Island, between Skincuttle Inlet and Juan Perez Sound, Queen Charlotte Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°23'45"N, 131°18'25"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103B/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 7 March 1933 on Geological Survey sheet 278A, as labelled on Francis Poole's 1862 map of Skincuttle Inlet, and on British Admiralty Chart 1923B, 1867 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 1862 by Francis Poole, CE, after Robert Burnaby. See Burnaby Lake. 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) |