Burgoyne Bay
Burgoyne Bay (Halkomelem : Xwaaqw'um ) is located at the southern end of Saltspring Island in British Columbia , Canada . The shores of the bay are part of the Mount Maxwell Ecological Reserve . The bay branches off from Sansum Narrows , which separates Saltspring from Vancouver Island .
It was named by Captain Richards in 1859 after Victoria Cross holder Hugh Talbot Burgoyne .[ 1] : 32 Burgoyne was serving on HMS Ganges , the flagship of the Royal Navy 's Pacific Station at the time, and Richards named many features during his survey after people or ships of the station; for instance the next bay along the island, Fulford Harbour , was named after the captain of Ganges , and a local settlement named after the ship itself.
The Halkomelem name for Burgoyne Bay (Xwaaqw’um ) means "female merganser duck place", specifically the red-breasted merganser which congregate there year-round.[ 2]
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48°48′N 123°32′W / 48.800°N 123.533°W / 48.800; -123.533