Battleship Islands
| Feature Type: | Islands - Land area surrounded by water or marsh. Plural of Island. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | W end of Garibaldi Lake, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°56'28"N, 123°03'13"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/14 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Battleship Islands adopted 6 June 1957 on 92G/14, not "The Battleship Islands" as originally submitted 24 October 1927 by Neal Carter and labelled on A.J. Campbell's 1928 map of Garibaldi Park, map 8T264. (file G.1.28). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"...named because they are a group of tiny islands with often a single tree as a 'mast', presenting the appearance of boats, as viewed from Panorama Point (a lookout on Panorama Ridge)." (Neal M.Carter, 1927) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |