"Named in 1858 by Captain Richards, after HMS Trincomalee, sailing frigate/24 guns, Captain Wallace Houstoun. Arrived at Valparaiso from England 12 November 1852 and at Esquimalt early in 1853, remaining on the Pacific station until 1856. The frigate, 1066 tons, originally mounted 42 guns, and was built at Bombay in 1819, on the model of the French frigate Leda."

Source : Walbran, John T; British Columbia Coast Names, 1592-1906: their origin and history; Ottawa, 1909 (republished for the Vancouver Public Library by J.J. Douglas Ltd, Vancouver, 1971)