| Feature Type: | Island - Land area surrounded by water or marsh. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | One of the Flat Top Islands, off E end of Gabriola Island, Nanaimo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°08'40"N, 123°40'40"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 21 July 1944 on C.3509 as submitted by the Hydrographic Service. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named by H.D. Parizeau, Hydrographic Service. After the Spanish naval vessel Saturnina, 7 guns, commanded by José Maria Narvaez. The Saturnina, in company with the San Carlos under Lt-Cdr Eliza, left Nootka Sound 5 May 1791 to explore the channels to the northeast of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, thereby locating the body of water now known as the Strait of Georgia. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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The local name was Eagle Island. (from SHALE: Journal of the Gabriola Historial & Museum Society; Nick Doe editor) Source: included with note |