| Feature Type: | Island - Land area surrounded by water or marsh. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | In Fraser River, below mouth of Pitt River, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°11'41"N, 122°42'16"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/2 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 11 February 1936 on 92 G/2, as labelled on early Admiralty Charts. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Misspelled "Barnstown Island" on Dominion sectional sheet 10, Port Moody, 1913. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named after George Barnston, clerk in the employ of the HBC. Formerly with the Northwest Company, he joined HBC upon amalgamation. Barnston, Annance and Manson were the three HBC clerks that accompanied James McMillan on his 1827 expedition to establish Fort Langley. See Barnston Island (community) for additional biographical information. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |