Eden Island
| Feature Type: | Island - Land area surrounded by water or marsh. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | S side of Broughton Island, S end of Queen Charlotte Strait opposite Port McNeill (municipality), Range 1 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°45'15"N, 126°40'34"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92L/15 |
| Related Maps: |
92L/10 92L/15 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 6 April 1950 on 92/NW, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 581, 1863 et seq, and on BC Lands' map 2C, 1919, and as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named c1864 by Captain Pender, after Vice-Admiral Charles Eden, CB, one of the Lords of the Admiralty, 1859-66. Source: Walbran, John T; British Columbia Coast Names, 1592-1906: their origin and history; Ottawa, 1909 (republished for the Vancouver Public Library by J.J. Douglas Ltd, Vancouver, 1971) |