Breakwater Island
| Feature Type: | Island - Land area surrounded by water or marsh. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Off SE end of Gabriola Island, Nanaimo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°08'05"N, 123°40'58"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 10 August 1944 on C.3509, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 3618, 1907. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in 1905 by Captain Parry, RN, while re-surveying these waters aboard HMS Egeria. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |