| Feature Type: | Island - Land area surrounded by water or marsh. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | In Clayoquot Sound, NW of Tofino , Clayoquot Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°19'29"N, 126°08'57"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92E/8 |
| Related Maps: |
92E/1 92E/8 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 3 April 1934 on C340, as labelled on Vancouver's chart of the Coast of North West America, 1795, and on subsequent British Admiralty Charts. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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"Named in 1791 by Lieut. Eliza after Don Manuel Antonio Flores, Knight of the Order of Calatrava, 51st Viceroy of Mexico, 1787-1789, .....he despatched early in 1789 the expedition under the command of Lieut. Estevan Jose Martinez from San Blas to Nootka, which led to the dispute between Great Britain and Spain...." Source: Walbran, John T; "British Columbia Coast Names, 1592-1906: Their Origin and History"; published for the Geographic Board of Canada, Ottawa, 1909 (republished for the Vancouver Public Library by J.J. Douglas Ltd, Vancouver, 1971) |