| Feature Type: | Point - Land area jutting into a water feature; also used for a convex change in direction of a shoreline. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | SE. side of Galiano Island, S. of Sturdies Bay, Cowichan Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 48°52'17"N, 123°18'37"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92B/14 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted in the 6th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 30 June 1906, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 3619, 1904. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in 1904 by Captain Parry, after Frederick and Joseph Burrill, ranchers, who have resided for some years near this point. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Joseph Burrill left Yorkshire in 1893; arrived on Galiano Island in 1896 and bought 80 acres at the southeast corner of the island. Older brother, Frederick, came out in 1899 to help run the farm they established. Opened a general store in 1903; this building later became their feed-shed, when they built a larger store which still stands today (although moved to another location and much altered). The Burrills sold their store in 1947. Both Fred and Joe lived to a ripe old age....(A Gulf Islands Patchwork, BC Historical Association, 1966, p.136, 137, 154, including photographs of Fred and Joe Burrill.) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |