Indian Arm

Indian Arm (49˚22'00" 122˚53'00" NE extension of Burrard Inlet, NE of Vancouver). This 17-km-long body of water was considered part of Burrard Inlet (qv) by its original European explorers, but was named North Arm by Capt George Richards during his surveys of 1859–60. In 1921, with the support of the Vancouver Harbour Commission, which sought a more distinctive name, Indian Arm was adopted. Indian R, at the head of the arm, was renamed at the same time, from Meslilloet R (Meslilloet is now...

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