In 1909 Captain John T. Walbran published one of the most beloved and enduring of all BC books, British Columbia Coast Names. Harbour Publishing celebrates the hundredth anniversary of that landmark work by presenting the first book to update Walbran's classic, Andrew Scott's Raincoast Place Names. Like its progenitor, Raincoast Place Names is much more than simply a catalogue of name origins because it tells the often fascinating stories behind the names and in so doing serves as a history of the region in capsule form. It is also a monumental work, twice the size of Walbran's and including more than three times as many places. Four thousand entries consider, in intriguing detail, the stories behind over five thousand place names: how they were discovered, who named them and why, and what the names reveal. It describes the original First Nations cultures, the heroics of the 18th-century explorers and fur traders, the gruelling survey and settlement efforts of the 19th century, the lives of colonial officials, missionaries, gold seekers and homesteaders, and the histories of nearly every important vessel to sail or cruise the coast.

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Foreword6(1)Introduction7(14)User's Guide21(2)Sources23(5)Acknowledgments28(2)Abbreviations30(1)Alphabetical Listings31(15)FeaturesNaming Rocks the Hard Way46(11)Cases of Mistaken Identity57(42)The Ships and Skippers of the Hudson's Bay Company99(54)The Geographical Names Office153(39)Changing Names192(17)The Fraser Estuary209(12)Master Mariners221(78)Prince Rupert Harbour299(91)The Casualties of War390(8)The Royal Engineers398(23)Nisga'a First Nation Names421(157)Shifting Features578(83)List of Detail Maps661