Gossip Shoals
| Feature Type: | Shoals - Elevation of the bed of a body of water; composed of unconsolidated material and posing a hazard to surface navigation. Plural of Shoal. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | SE side Gossip Island, off SE end of Galiano Island, Cowichan Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 48°52'59"N, 123°18'04"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92B/14 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 29 December 1945 on C.3450, as labelled on British Admiralty chart A3619, published in 1907 from 1905 surveys by John Parry, and as labelled on BC map 2A, 1913, etc. See Gossip Island. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |