| Feature Type: | Island - Land area surrounded by water or marsh. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | In Prince George, at confluence of Nechako and Fraser Rivers, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°55'23"N, 122°43'44"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93G/15 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 27 July 1976 on 93G; an established local name. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Lots 1511, 7813, 9378 and Island Cache; much filling for industrial purposes and to stabilize railyard - hard to discern the original 'island' Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |
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In his Journal, on 13 July 1896, Simon Fraser comments that the liard [poplar or cottonwood] in this area, were the "most stupendous" he had ever seen. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Note: another Cottonwood Island less than 40km northeast of here, in Bowron River. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |