Larsen Bay
| Feature Type: | Bay - Water area in an indentation of the shoreline of a sea, lake, or large river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Between Kettle and Batchelor Points, S of Horseshoe Bay in West Vancouver, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°21'39"N, 123°17'05"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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Larsen Bay adopted 3 March 1949 on C.3586 as recommended by Hydrographic Service, being the name of the landowner as identified on Land Registry Plans. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"...Pete Larson [sic] ... owned District Lot 771 from the west end of Eagle Island to Garrow Bay from 1902 to 1927. Mr. Larson also owned the North Vancouver Hotel on Lonsdale and the old Canyon View Hotel, above the present Cleveland Dam. The site of the present Gleneagles Golf course was cleared and planted with an apple and pear orchard, hay field and vegetable garden..." (Pacific Steamkeepers Federation website, September 2008) Source: included with note |