| Feature Type: | Locality - A named place or area, generally with a scattered population of 50 or less. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Gambier Island, mouth of Howe Sound, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°28'59"N, 123°21'04"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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"Camp Artaban (Settlement), not Artaban (Steamer Landing)" adopted 3 March 1949 on C.3586. Mis-identified as Artaban (Steamer Landing) in the 1953 BC Gazetteer; correctly identified as Camp Artaban (Settlement) in the 1966 BC Gazetteer et seq. Form of name changed to Camp Artaban (Locality) 29 November 1984 on 92 G/6. See Mount Artaban for origin information. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Long Bay (settlement)" identified on BC name card as old/other name for Camp Artaban. The camp was established in 1924, by Reverend J.N. Brachner. (letters 24 August 1926, 20 July 1929, 19 August 1929, file F.1.34 #3) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |