| Feature Type: | Island - Land area surrounded by water or marsh. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Off E end of Harbledown Island in Beware Passage, Range 1 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°34'22"N, 126°30'06"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92L/10 |
| Related Maps: |
92L/10 92L/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Kamano Island adopted 4 September 1947 on C3584; not "Coffin Island" as labelled on BC map 2C, 1919. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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The metes & bounds of this island are coincident with the legal description of Coffin Island Indian Reserve 3. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After George Kamano (c1822 - 1919). Of Hawaiian or Tahitian descent, Kamano was the first non-native settler on adjacent Harbledown Island. He was employed by the Hudson Bay Company at Fort Rupert from 1854-1869, remained at Fort Rupert for another year (1870) then disappeared, presumably to Harbledown Island. He died at Alert Bay in 1919. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |