The Pearse Peninsula is a peninsula on the southwest end of Broughton Island in the

Broughton Archipelago Broughton Archipelago is a group of islands located at the eastern end of Queen Charlotte Strait in Mount Waddington Regional District, British Columbia. The archipelago is the traditional territory of the Musgamagw Dzawada'enuxw, Namgis, Ma'am ...

of the

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region of the

Central Coast of British Columbia , settlement_type = Region of British Columbia , image_skyline = , nickname = "The Coast" , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Canada , subdivision_type1 = Province , subdivision_name1 = British ...

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Name origin

The peninsula was named in 1860 for Commander William Alfred Rumbulow Pearse, RN, who commanded HMS ''Alert'' in the area from 1858 to 1861. He is also the namesake of the

Pearse Islands The Pearse Islands are a small group of islands in the Queen Charlotte Strait region of the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada. They are just east of Cormorant Island (British Columbia), which is the location of the Village of Alert Bay ...

at the northern entrance to the

Johnstone Strait , image = Pacific Ranges over Johnstone Strait.jpg , image_size = 250px , alt = , caption = Johnstone Strait backdropped by the Vancouver Island Ranges , image_bathymetry = Carte baie Knight ...

.''British Columbia Coast Names, 1592-1906: their origin and history'', Captain John T. Walbran, Ottawa, 1909, quoted in BC Names"

References

Peninsulas of British Columbia Central Coast of British Columbia {{BritishColumbiaCoast-geo-stub