Albert Head
| Feature Type: | Head (1) - High, prominent land feature extending into a sea or lake. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | SW end of Royal Roads, W of Victoria, Esquimalt Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 48°23'17"N, 123°28'39"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92B/6 |
| Related Maps: |
92B/5 92B/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 1 May 1934 as labelled on J.D. Pemberton's 1855 map Southeastern Districts of Vancouver Island, and on British Admiralty Chart 576, 1862, etc. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in 1846 by Captain Kellett, HM surveying vessel "Herald", after HRH Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha, because the feature is located across the roadstead he called Royal Bay (now Royal Roads) from the city of Victoria, named 3 years previously for HRH Queen Victoria. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |