| Feature Type: | Island - Land area surrounded by water or marsh. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Junction of Pitt and Fraser Rivers, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°13'13"N, 122°46'27"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 92G/2, as labelled on Harris's 1905 map of New Westminster District, and on BC map 2B, 1914; not "Manson Island" as labelled on British Admiralty Chart #1922, 1926. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Presumably named after James Douglas (1803-1877), Hudson's Bay Company Chief Factor, 1840-58; founded Victoria 1843; governor, Vancouver Island 1851-64; governor, British Columbia 1858-64; KCB, 1863. All the lots on the island were purchased by him from the crown at auction, 6 October 1859, but crown grant was issued to his daughter Cecilia Helmcken, wife of Dr. J.S. Helmcken. Source: Provincial Archives' Place Names File (the "Harvey File") compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions |