Edmund Rock
| Feature Type: | Rock (1) - Small mass of rock usually projecting above the water surface. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Just off Cape Sutil, the northernmost point on Vancouver Island, Rupert Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°52'37"N, 128°02'58"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 102I/16 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted in the 10th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 30 June 1910, as identified in the BC Pilot, vol 1. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in 1909 by Captain Walbran after Admiral Sir John Edmund Commerell, RN, GCB, VC. See also Commerell Point 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) |