Qualicum Beach
| Language of origin | Salishan language family pentl’ach language |
| Feature Type: | Beach - Gently sloping shore of unconsolidated material along the margins of a sea, lake, or river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | E side of Vancouver Island between Nanaimo and Courtenay, Newcastle Land District |
| Tags: | Indigenous |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°21'19"N, 124°27'05"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92F/8 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 2 November 1950 on 92F, as labelled on BC Lands' map 2C, 1923 et seq. Source: BC place name cards, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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Dr. Robert Brown, reporting on his explorations on Vancouver Island in 1864, mentions the beautiful tract of country extending past the Quall-e-hum River. In other early accounts the name is also spelled Quallchum. The name is derived from a Nanaimo term for 'place of the dog [chum] salmon'. Source: Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; British Columbia Place Names; Sono Nis Press, Victoria 1986 /or University of British Columbia Press 1997 |