Captain Cove
| Feature Type: | Cove (2) - Water area in a small indentation of the shoreline of a sea, lake or river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | NW side of Pitt Island, Range 4 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°48'43"N, 130°11'49"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103G/16 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 3 July 1946 on 103/SE, as labelled on British Admiralty Chat 1923A, 1927, and as identified in 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 by H.D. Parizeau, Hydrographic Service, after Captain Holmes Newcombe of the Fisheries Department. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |