Acous Peninsula
| Feature Type: | Peninsula - Elongated projection of land into a body of water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Between Nasparti and Ououkinsh Inlets, Checleset Bay, just S of Brooke Peninsula, Rupert Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°06'42"N, 127°36'06"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92L/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 3 June 1947 on C.3683, as labelled on Chart 2945, 1942. Named in association with Acous IR #1 (IR extinguished per the provisions of the Maa-nulth Treaty) on the peninsula. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Name oringates from the name of the former First Nations Village at this location. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |