Courtenay River
| Feature Type: | River - Watercourse of variable size, which has tributaries and flows into a body of water or a larger watercourse. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows SE through Courtenay into Comox Harbour, E side Vancouver Island, Comox Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°40'48"N, 124°58'30"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92F/10 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 4 April 1922 on Ottawa file OBF 0671, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 580, 1865 et seq. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Name applies to the channel below the confluence of the Puntlege and Tsolum Rivers Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in 1860 after Captain (later Rear Admiral) George William Courtenay of H.M.S. Constance, 50 guns, on the Pacific Station 1846-49.... 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) |