Poole Point
Language of origin English language
Feature Type:Point - Land area jutting into a water feature; also used for a convex change in direction of a shoreline.
Status: Not official
Other Names: Sk'yaaw KunOfficial
Relative Location: E extremity of Burnaby Island, Queen Charlotte Land District
Latitude-Longitude: 52°22'21"N, 131°14'40"W at the approximate centre of this feature.
Datum: WGS84
NTS Map: 103B/6
Origin Notes and History:

Poole Point adopted 14 June 1946 on 103/SE, confirmed 7 April 1949 on chart #3583. Name changed 7 January 2022 to Sk’yaaw Kun on 103B/6 as recommended by The Council of the Haida Nation and supported by North Coast Regional District and Archipelago Search and Rescue.

Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff.

Sk’yaaw Kun is the ancestral X̱aayda Kil name for this point (Advice from The Council of the Haida Nation, 2020).

Source: included with note

This point was referred to as 'Granite Point' but Poole Point was suggested by Hydrographic Services to avoid name duplication. Name commemorates Francis Poole.

Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff.