Caulfeild 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: | N side of Burrard Inlet, just NE of Point Atkinson, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°20'12"N, 123°15'12"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 8 January 1929 on 92G/6, as named by the Council of the Corporation of the district of West Vancouver, in association with Caulfeild (Post Office). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Had been labelled Skunk Cove on Geological Survey sheet 997, Nanaimo & New Westminster Mining Divisions, 1908; presumably a more suitable name was sought. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |