Athabaskan Island
| Feature Type: | Island - Land area surrounded by water or marsh. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | W side of Tide Rip Passage, SW of Bella Bella, Range 3 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°02'22"N, 128°18'09"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103A/1 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 10 August 1944 on C398, as suggested March 1944 by Hydrographic Service. (file H.1.25). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named by H.D. Parizeau, Hydrographic Service, after the Royal Canadian Navy's Tribal Class destroyer, Athabaskan. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |