| Feature Type: | Island - Land area surrounded by water or marsh. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Between Laredo Sound and Milbanke Sound, Range 3 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°23'26"N, 128°41'19"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103A/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 4 January 1927 on Ottawa file OBF 1007 as labelled on British Admiralty Charts. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in 1866 by Captain Pender, RN, after Captain John Adolphus Pope Price, RN, HMS Scout, 21 guns, on this station 1865-68. Entered the navy 1829. Was present at the siege of Acre, in 1840, as mate (sub-lieutenant) of HMS Thunderer, 84 guns. Lieutenant 1842. Commander 1854. Captain 1860. In 1869 was commodore and senior officer at Hong Kong, flagship Princess Charlotte. Retired 1870. Died 1874. 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) |