Gooch Island
| Feature Type: | Island - Land area surrounded by water or marsh. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Haro Strait, in Gulf Islands, N. of Sydney Island, Cowichan Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 48°39'47"N, 123°17'29"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92B/11 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Gooch Island adopted 31 December 1930 in BC Gazetteer, not "Cooch Island" as mis-spelled on Southern Districts of Vancouver Island, 1892. Re-approved 3 November 1934 on Ottawa file OBF 1449-3. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |