Pearse Islands

Not to be confused with Pearse Island.

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.[1] Cormorant Channel Marine Provincial Park is located in this group of islands.[2]

Islands in the group include Kulkeduma Island, which is the site of Kuldekuma IR No. 7,[3][4] which is governed by the Namgis First Nation.[5]

Name origin

Like the Pearse Peninsula on nearby Broughton Island, the islands were named in 1860 for Commander William Alfred Rumbulow Pearse, RN, who commanded HMS Alert in the area from 1858-1861.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Pearse Islands"
  2. ↑ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Cormorant Channel Marine Park"
  3. ↑ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Kuldekuma 7 (Indian reserve)"
  4. ↑ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Kuldekuma Island"
  5. ↑ Indian and Northern Affairs Canada "Reserve/Settlement/Village Detail
  6. ↑ British Columbia Coast Names, 1592-1906: their origin and history, Captain John T. Walbran, Ottawa, 1909, quoted in BC Names"

Coordinates: 50°35′06″N 126°51′54″W / 50.58500°N 126.86500°W

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, June 04, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.