| Feature Type: | Island - Land area surrounded by water or marsh. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Between Slingsby and Schooner Channels, Queen Charlotte Sound, Range 2 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°04'09"N, 127°33'36"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92M/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Bramham Island adopted 25 June 1906; not "Branham Island" as spelled on British Admiralty Chart 582, 1871 et seq. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Misspelled "Branham" on 1919 edition of BC map 2C. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named c1866 by Captain Pender, RN, after Bramham Park, the Yorkshire home of George Lane-Fox, in association with Slingsby Channel and Fox Islands. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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[Bramham Park] ....A battle was fought in this neighborhood in 1408, which subsequently secured the Crown of England to Henry IV. 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) |