Penelakut Spit
| Language of origin | Salishan language family Hulʼqʼumiʼnumʼ language |
| 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: | NE point of Penelakut Island, NE of Chemainus, Cowichan Land District |
| Tags: | Indigenous |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 48°58'50"N, 123°38'12"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92B/13 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 29 December 1945 on C.3450, as labelled on c1907 British Admiralty Chart, not "White Spit" as labelled on earlier British Admiralty Chart. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Called "White Spit" in 1859 by Captain Richards, RN. Changed to Penelakut Spit in 1905, by Captain John F. Parry, HMS Egeria, after the Penelakut tribe, who had their original village near the spit. See Penelakut Island for more information. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |