Lion Island
| Feature Type: | Island - Land area surrounded by water or marsh. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Fraser River, W of Annacis Island, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°09'32"N, 122°59'53"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 BC map 2B, 1914, and on early charts, and as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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A well-established local name; origin/significance not recorded, but possibly refers to the "Lion Brand" of canned sockeye salmon, produced at the Ewan Cannery operating on this island from c1900. See also Don Island. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |