Letter to Provincial Toponymist re Place Names for Geographical Features on Bowen Island
· Bowen Island Municipality · News & Advocacy · 2025
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Preserving and protecting over 450 islands and surrounding waters in the Salish Sea Bowen Denman Hornby Gabriola Galiano Gambier Lasqueti Mayne North Pender Salt Spring Saturna South Pender Thetis 200 – 1627 Fort Street, Victoria BC V8R 1H8 Telephone (250) 405-5151 Fax (250) 405-5155 Toll Free via Enquiry BC in Vancouver 660-2421. Elsewhere in BC 1.800.663.7867 Email information@islandstrust.bc.ca Web www.islandstrust.bc.ca File No.: 11-4700-01 Laura Patrick Chair, Islands Trust Council lpatrick@islandstrust.bc.ca cc: Islands Trust Council Bowen Island Municipal Council July 10, 2025 Trent Thomas Provincial Toponymist Ministry of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport VIA EMAIL: trent.thomas@gov.bc.ca Dear Trent Thomas: Re: Place names for geographical features on Bowen Island I am writing on behalf of the Islands Trust Council to thank you for your letter of April 9, 2025. The Islands Trust Council received your letter at their June 2025 meeting and requested that I write to you to express Trust Council’s support for official recognition of proposed the Smí7mant Áyalhḵw and X̱éla7an place names for beaches on Bowen Island. We appreciate being consulted on this request. Yours sincerely,
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