Bruce Peak
| Feature Type: | Peak (2) - Summit of a mountain or hill, or the mountain or hill itself. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | W side of Fulford Harbour at SW end of Saltspring Island, Saltspring Island Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 48°46'00"N, 123°30'27"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92B/13 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 11 February 1936 on C.351 as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 2689, 1858. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Notation on BC name card: "This feature was formerly passed in 1917 as Bruce Mountain." Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named by Captain Richards, RN, after Rear-Admiral Henry William Bruce, Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station, 1854-57. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |