Beaver Island
| Feature Type: | Island - Land area surrounded by water or marsh. |
| Status: | Not official |
| Other Names: | Francis PeninsulaOfficial |
| Relative Location: | E side of Malaspina Strait, S of ḵalpilin (harbour), New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°36'59"N, 124°03'04"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92F/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Francis Peninsula adopted in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Name changed to Beaver Island 28 July 1945 on C.3579, as identified on British Admiralty Charts; confirmed 2 February 1949 on C. 3549 and 2 November 1950 on 92F. Name changed back to Francis Peninsula 4 April 1972 on 92F/9, to conform to entrenched local usage. It is a peninsula at low tide and an island at high tide. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After HBC SS Beaver, hired by the British Admiralty for survey duty, under the command of Capt. Pender in the mid-1860's. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |