Admiral Island
| Feature Type: | Island - Land area surrounded by water or marsh. |
| Status: | Not official |
| Other Names: | Saltspring IslandOfficial |
| Relative Location: | Largest of the Gulf Islands, E of Duncan off SE side of Vancouver Island, Saltspring Island Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 48°48'49"N, 123°29'50"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92B/11 |
| Related Maps: |
92B/11 92B/12 92B/13 92B/14 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Labelled "Chuan Island" on plan to accompany the "Report of a Canoe Expedition along the E. coast of Vancouver Island" by James Douglas, 1854; labelled "Saltspring Island" on Pemberton's 1855 map of Southeastern Districts of Vancouver Island; labelled "Admiral Island" by Captain Richards in 1859, while surveying these waters. The entrenched local name "Saltspring Island" was adopted by the Geographic Board of Canada in 1910. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |