Snake Island
| Feature Type: | Island - Land area surrounded by water or marsh. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Between Rainbow and Fairway Channels, in front of Departure Bay, Nanaimo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°12'56"N, 123°53'27"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 18 January 1905 on C.358, as labelled on British Admiralty Charts from 1859. (Ottawa file OBF 0046) Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |