Apodaca Cove
| 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: | E side of Bowen Island in entrance to Howe Sound, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°21'08"N, 123°20'22"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 14 January 1954 on C.3586 and 92G/6. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named to maintain a reference to Spanish navigator Jose Maria Navaez' exploration and survey work in this area; he had named Bowen Island "Isla de Apodaca" in 1791. See the booklet "Isla de Apodaca" compiled by J.S. Matthews, Vancouver City Archivist, 1968. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |