Larkin Point
| Feature Type: | Point - Land area jutting into a water feature; also used for a convex change in direction of a shoreline. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | W. shore Swindle Island, Range 3, Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°30'52"N, 128°49'41"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103A/10 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 4 January 1927 on Ottawa File OBF 1007 as established on Hydrographic Services Chart #3726, date not cited. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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Named after Mrs. M.A. Larkin, born in Whitwick, England, on June 15, 1831. She came to B.C. in 1864 (information provided by local resident, 1924). Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |