Origin Notes and History:
"Marie Canyon (NOT Marie Cañon NOR Cowichan River Cañon)" adopted 5 June 1930 on Ottawa file OBF 1302. Application extended 3 June 1975 on 92B/13, and again 4 February 1988 on 92B/13, with no change in centroid coordinates.
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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Named after Marie Adelaide, Viscountess Willingdon, C.I., G.B.E., to commemorate her canoe trip down the Cowichan River from Cowichan Lake to Duncan on Monday, 7 April 1930 (from letter 27 May 1930 on 92SE)
Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa
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