Nepean Rock
| Feature Type: | Rock (1) - Small mass of rock usually projecting above the water surface. |
| Status: | Official |
| Other Names: | Brodie Rock |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Off SW end of Pitt Island, Nepean Sound, Range 4 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°12'59"N, 129°37'05"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103H/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Brodie Rock adopted in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Name changed to Nepean Rock 6 April 1950 on C.3742, as labelled on early Admiralty Charts (date/title not cited). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in 1788 by Captain Duncan, after Evan Nepean who, on the resignation of Sir Philip Stevens in 1795, succeeded as secretary to the British Admiralty. 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) |