Pearse Peninsula

The Pearse Peninsula is a peninsula on the southwest end of Broughton Island in the Broughton Archipelago of the Queen Charlotte Strait region of the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada.[1]

Name origin

The peninsula was named in 1860 for Commander William Alfred Rumbulow Pearse, RN, who commanded HMS Alert in the area from 1858-1861. He is also the namesake of the Pearse Islands at the northern entrance to the Johnstone Strait.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Pearse Peninsula"
  2. ↑ British Columbia Coast Names, 1592-1906: their origin and history, Captain John T. Walbran, Ottawa, 1909, quoted in BC Names"

Coordinates: 50°47′24″N 126°33′32″W / 50.79000°N 126.55889°W / 50.79000; -126.55889 (Pearse Peninsula)


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