| Feature Type: | Arm - Long narrow extension of a water body. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Head of Saanich Inlet, NW of Victoria, Cowichan Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 48°31'41"N, 123°32'29"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92B/12 |
| Related Maps: |
92B/12 92B/5 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted in the 10th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 30 June 1010. Source: BC place name cards, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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Named after Roderick Finlayson (1818 -1892), chief factor [trader], Hudson's Bay Company, Victoria Source: BC place name cards, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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"... Roderick Finlayson, a native of Ross-shire, arrived in Canada in 1837 and entered the service of the H.B.C. He was second in command to Chief Trader Charles Ross when the latter founded Fort Victoria in 1843. Upon Ross's death in 1844, Finlayson took over command of the fort, and it is he who must be considered the real father of Victoria. Finlayson took a leading part in the political life of the infant colony of Vancouver Island. He became a Chief Factor in 1859 and retired in 1872." [see also Finlayson Channel] Source: Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; "1001 British Columbia Place Names"; Discovery Press, Vancouver 1969, 1970, 1973. |