North Pender Island
| Feature Type: | Island - Land area surrounded by water or marsh. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | One of the Gulf Islands, E of Saltspring Island at S end of the Strait of Georgia, Cowichan Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 48°47'02"N, 123°17'06"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92B/14 |
| Related Maps: |
92B/11 92B/14 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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North Pender Island adopted 12 December 1939 on C.350, as labelled on BC map 2A, 1913, not Pender Island as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 2840, 1861 et seq, nor Pender Islands as labelled on some small scale maps. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Noted traditional name in SENĆOŦEN is S¸DÁYES, meaning "wind drying" in reference to drying salmon (Dave Elliot Sr., Saltwater People: A Resource Book for the Native Studies Program 2nd Edition. 1990, p. 33). Source: included with note |