Poett Nook
| Feature Type: | Cove (2) - Water area in a small indentation of the shoreline of a sea, lake or river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | S side of Numukamis Bay, NE side of Barkley Sound, Barclay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 48°52'45"N, 125°02'56"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92C/14 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Poett Nook (cove) adopted 3 April 1934 on C.327, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 592, 1861 et seq. See Poett Heights for origin information. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Named in 1861 by Captain Richards, HMS Hecate; after Dr. Poett, an English physician of means, who had a medical practice in San Francisco and who visited Victoria, 1860-61. He interested himself largely in copper claims on Copper Island, Barkley Sound, hence the name of Copper Island." Source: Walbran, John T; British Columbia Coast Names, 1592-1906: their origin and history; Ottawa, 1909 (republished for the Vancouver Public Library by J.J. Douglas Ltd, Vancouver, 1971) |