| Feature Type: | Spit - Long, low, narrow projection of unconsolidated material extending into a body of water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | E side Boundary Bay at mouth of Nickomekl River, Surrey, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°03'39"N, 122°52'41"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/2 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 11 February 1936 on 92G/2, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 2689, 1928. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Had been labelled Blackies Spit on BC map 2B, 1914. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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A long-established local name, referring to property owner Walter Blackie. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After Walter Blackie, New Westminster's first blacksmith. A Scot, he came from Australia in the early 1860's and bought 150 acres at Mud Bay (where Crescent now is) for $50 in 1871. He purchased this 6.5 acre spit for $6.50 in 1875, and added a further 57 acres to the east for $57 in 1878. Moved to California with his wife, but returned to New Westminster upon her death. Died there 30 June 1902, leaving an estate of $47,000 to a nephew's widow in Scotland. Source: Provincial Archives of BC "Place Names File" compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions |
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Traditional name Too Wahk Point (?) (no document or further citations in BC name files.) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |