| Language of origin | English language |
| Feature Type: | Beach - Gently sloping shore of unconsolidated material along the margins of a sea, lake, or river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Other Names: | n̓an̓aquuʔa |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Just S of Tofino (municipality) in Pacific Rim National Park, Clayoquot Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°07'09"N, 125°53'39"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92F/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 14 July 1975 on 92F/4, as identified in Parks Canada literature since 1966 or earlier. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After Charles Allan Chesterman (1908 - 1968), lifelong resident. (obituary in Victoria Times, 4 March 1968, p.22) 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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After John Chesterman, longtime resident. "John Chesterman...arrived [at Tofino] soon after the turn of the century. Chesterman farmed, where the airport now stands (at Long Beach), and later coxswain'd the lifeboat. Chesterman's Beach [sic].... close to the township, was named after him." Source: Nicholson, George; Vancouver Island's West Coast 1762 - 1962; Morriss Printing Co, Victoria, 1962 |