The Coode Peninsula is a small peninsula on the inner side of the larger
Malaspina Peninsula The Malaspina Peninsula is a peninsula in the northern Gulf of Georgia-Sunshine Coast region of British Columbia, Canada. It extends northwest from the town of Powell River, which lies near its isthmus, past the settlement of Lund, to Desolation ...
in the
Sunshine Coast Sunshine Coast may refer to:
* Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
**Sunshine Coast Region, a local government area of Queensland named after the region
**Sunshine Coast Stadium
* Sunshine Coast (British Columbia), geographic subregion of the Br ...
area of the
South Coast South Coast is a name often given to coastal areas to the south of a geographical region or major metropolitan area.
Geographical
Australia
*South Coast (New South Wales), the coast of New South Wales, Australia, south of Sydney
* South Coast (Q ...
of
British Columbia
British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include ...
,
Canada
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, projecting into
Malaspina Inlet Malaspina Inlet is an inlet on the east side of Desolation Sound in the South Coast region of British Columbia, Canada, located between Malaspina and Gifford Peninsulas. Sidewaters include Thors Cove and, via it, Theodosia Inlet, where the loc ...
just south of
Okeover Inlet Okeover Inlet, formerly Okeover Arm, is an inlet in the Sunshine Coast region of the southwestern mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the upper end of Malaspina Inlet and is northwest of the City of Powell River. Larsons Landing, a ste ...
.
Name origin
According to
Captain Walbran, the peninsula was named after Captain
Trevenen Penrose Coode of , the
flagship
A flagship is a vessel used by the commanding officer of a group of naval ships, characteristically a flag officer entitled by custom to fly a distinguishing flag. Used more loosely, it is the lead ship in a fleet of vessels, typically the f ...
of Rear Admiral
Joseph Denman
Vice Admiral Joseph Denman (23 June 1810 – 26 November 1874) was a British naval officer, most noted for his actions against the slave trade as a commander of HMS ''Wanderer'' of the West Africa Squadron.
Early life
Denman was born on 23 Ju ...
, who was commander of the Royal Navy's
Pacific Station
The Pacific Station was created in 1837 as one of the geographical military formations into which the Royal Navy divided its worldwide responsibilities. The South America Station was split into the Pacific Station and the South East Coast of A ...
from 1864 to 1866. Another name attribution is from Sir
John Coode, nephew of Vice-Admiral
Charles Vinicombe Penrose and first lieutenant of under
Captain Pender
Daniel Pender was a Royal Navy Staff Commander, later captain, who surveyed the Coast of British Columbia aboard , and from 1857 to 1870.
Pender was recorded as the second master of the admiralty survey vessel, HMS ''Plumper'', in 1857 when h ...
.
[Provincial Archives of BC "Place Names File" compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions, quoted in BC Names.]
See also
*
Coode
References
Sunshine Coast (British Columbia)
Peninsulas of British Columbia
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