Madeira Park

Madeira Park is an unincorporated community in the area of Pender Harbour on the Sunshine Coast of southwestern British Columbia, Canada.

Location of Madeira Park, British Columbia

It is named after the pioneer Jose Goncalos, a native of the Madeira Islands who settled in the area in the early 1900s.[1]:161

  • "Madeira Park". BC Geographical Names.

References

  1. Akrigg, G.P.V.; Akrigg, Helen B. (1986), British Columbia Place Names (3rd, 1997 ed.), Vancouver: UBC Press, ISBN 0-7748-0636-2


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