Charles Rocks
| Feature Type: | Rocks (1) - Small mass of rock usually projecting above the water surface. Plural of Rock (1). |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | In Trincomali Channel between Saltspring and Mayne Islands, off NE side of Prevost Island, Cowichan Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 48°50'39"N, 123°22'34"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92B/14 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 14 January 1946 on C.3450, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 3619, 1860 et seq. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in 1859 by Captain Richards, RN, with other Prevost Island features, in association with Captain James Charles Prevost, H.M.S. Satellite, who served on this station, 1857-60. Source: Walbran, John T; British Columbia Coast Names, 1592-1906: their origin and history; Ottawa, 1909 (republished for the Vancouver Public Library by J.J. Douglas Ltd, Vancouver, 1971) |