Capital Regional District
Feature Type:Regional District - A division of the province incorporated as a regional district.
Status: Official
Name Authority: BC Geographical Names Office
Relative Location: SE end of Vancouver Island
Latitude-Longitude: 48°24'59"N, 123°35'04"W at the approximate centre of this feature.
Datum: WGS84
NTS Map: 92B/5
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Origin Notes and History:

Incorporated as Capital Regional District 1 February 1966; name confirmed 4 April 1974 on MCR 5, Sheet 3.
Link to the regional district's own internet site through http://www.civicnet.gov.bc.ca/

Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office