| Feature Type: | Island - Land area surrounded by water or marsh. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | In Eagle Harbour, between Point Atkinson and Horseshoe Bay in West Vancouver, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°21'12"N, 123°16'25"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Abode Island adopted 8 January 1929 as recommended by Hydrographic Service. Name changed to Eagle Island 3 March 1949, to reflect entrenched local usage. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Eagle Island is the long-established local name. Change to Abode Island recommended by H.D. Parizeau, Hydrographic Service, to avoid confusion with 5 other Eagle Islands south of Queen Charlotte Sound, as there were numerous cottages on these islands. However, there was some protest and the original name was reinstated. Source: Provincial Archives' Place Names File (the "Harvey File") compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions |
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"The Island identified as DL 774 has never been referred to as Abode Island and is known only as Eagle Island." (2 February 1949 letter from R.A. Harrison, municipal clerk, District of West Vancouver, to Chief Geographer, Department of Lands & Forests, Victoria.) Source: Provincial Archives' Place Names File (the "Harvey File") compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions |