Isle de Pierre
| Feature Type: | Island - Land area surrounded by water or marsh. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | In Nechako River S of Isle Pierre (locality), W of Prince George, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°55'34"N, 123°15'24"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93G/14 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Isle de Pierre adopted 7 February 1951 on 93G/14. [Listed as "de Pierre, Isle" in the 1953 Gazetteer; corrected to "Pierre, Isle de" in the 1983 BC Gazetteer and in databases] Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Île Pierre, an island in Nechako River, has retrained its original name although abbreviated from Jacques Pierre le Roi". (Sperry Cline manuscript, p.6) [island's name has since been anglicized as Isle de Pierre, while the nearby locality is Isle Pierre] Source: Provincial Archives of BC "Place Names File" compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions |