Adopted 12 October 1946 on Hydrographic Chart #3680 as established on Britsh Admiralty Chart #1917, 1865, and British Admiralty Chart #583, 1865.

Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff, file E.1.46.

Daniel Carlsson Solander (1733-82) was a Swedish botanist and student of Carolus Linnaeus who came to England in 1760 and worked at the British Museum as an assistant librarian. He accompanied naturalist Joseph Banks on Captain James Cook’s first voyage of discovery, 1768-71, on HMS Endeavour and made an important collection of Australian plants. After returning to England, Solander worked for Banks as a secretary and librarian, and travelled with his employer to Iceland and the Faroe and Orkney islands in 1772. The following year he was appointed keeper of printed books keeper of the natural history department at the British Museum. Many plant species are named in his honour, as are the Solander Islands off New Zealand. B.C.’s Solander Island, which is an 8-ha ecological reserve and important breeding site for seabirds, was originally named Solander Rock in 1860 by Captain George Richards of the survey vessel Plumper. Early fur trader George Dixon called this Split Rock in 1786.

Source: Scott, Andrew; "The Encyclopedia of Raincoast Place Names"; Harbour Publishing, Madeira Park, 2009.