Croker Island

Croker Island (49˚26'00" 122˚52'00" N end of Indian Arm, Burrard Inlet, NE of Vancouver), Croker Point (48˚47'00" 123˚12'00" SW side of Saturna I, Gulf Is), Croker Rock (50˚52'00" 127˚38'00" N of Balaklava I, Gordon Channel, off NE side of Vancouver I). The island and point were probably named by Capt George Richards, who surveyed the BC coast with HMS Plumper, 1857–60 (and later with HMS Hecate), after James L Croker, assistant paymaster aboard the Plumper in 1860. The 63-ha island is...

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