Roderick Island
| Feature Type: | Island - Land area surrounded by water or marsh. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | E side of Finlayson Channel, Range 3 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°38'54"N, 128°22'10"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103A/9 |
| Related Maps: |
103A/16 103A/8 103A/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 16 June 1946 on 103/SE, as labelled on British Admiralty charts since 1867. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named by Captain Pender, RN, in association with the adjoining channel, after Roderick Finlayson, chief factor Hudson's Bay Company, 1859-72...... 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) |