| Feature Type: | Community - An unincorporated populated place, generally with a population of 50 or more, and having a recognized central area that might contain a post office, store and/or community hall, etc, intended for the use of the general public in the region. |
| Status: | Not official |
| Other Names: | Port EssingtonOfficial |
| Relative Location: | S shore of Skeena River at mouth of Ecstall River, Range 5 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°09'32"N, 129°57'51"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103I/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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"Essington (town), not Port Essington" was adopted in the 9th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 30 June 1910; so-labelled on BC map 1H, 1917, and on 1916 & 1921 editions of BC Land's pre-emptor map 3M. Name changed to Port Essington (settlement) 4 November 1948 on 103/NE, to conform to the name of the Post Office (file P.1.48); confirmed 6 July 1950 on C.3756 and 4 October 1951 on 103I. Form of name changed to Port Essington (community) 29 November 1984. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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The estuary of the Skeena River was named Port Essington in 1793 by Captain Vancouver, after his friend Captain William Essington, RN (1753-1816), commander of the 64-gun Sceptre...." Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |