Goepel Island
| Feature Type: | Island - Land area surrounded by water or marsh. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Just NW of Surge Narrows (locality) in the Settlers Group, between Quadra and Read Islands, Sayward Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°14'00"N, 125°07'48"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92K/3 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Goepel Island adopted 9 September 1924 on C.321, as submitted in June 1924 by Hydrographic Service. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named by H.D. Parizeau, Hydrographic Service, after Philip Dorset Geopel, Victoria. Significance or explanation for this choice not provided. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |