| Feature Type: | Island - Land area surrounded by water or marsh. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Near N end of Indian Arm, Burrard Inlet, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°26'18"N, 122°52'07"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Croker Island adopted 3 May 1951 on 92G, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart A1922, 1860 et seq, and on BC map 2B, 1914, and on BC map 5B, 1929. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Mis-spelled "Cracker Island" on Harris's 1913 map of New Westminster District. "Croker Island (not Cracker Island)" identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Presumably named by Captain Richards, RN, while surveying these waters in 1859-60, probably after James L. Croker, assistant paymaster, HMS Plumper in 1860. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |