Finisterre Island
[finna stare]
| Language of origin | French language |
| Feature Type: | Island - Land area surrounded by water or marsh. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Off NE extremity of Bowen Island, Howe Sound, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°25'03"N, 123°18'33"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 7 December 1937 on 92G/6, as identified on survey plan 18T182 (date/title not cited) Source: BC place name cards, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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From the Latin, finis terra. Source: BC place name cards, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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Named after Cape Finistere, extreme western point of France, or Cape Finisterre, the most westerly headland of Spain. Source: Provincial Archives' Place Names File ("the Harvey File") compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions |