Maud Island

Origin of place name: According to BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office,  it was originally spelled "Maude" Island on 1870 edition of British Admiralty Chart # 580 (first published in 1862 from 1860 surveys by Captain Richards, and amended to include Captain Pender's resurvey of 1864; pre-1870 editions not in Geographical Names Office collection). Origin/significance not known.