Triangle Island
| Feature Type: | Island - Land area surrounded by water or marsh. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Westernmost of the Scott Islands, W of Cape Scott at NW end of Vancouver Island, Rupert Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°51'48"N, 129°04'50"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 102I/14 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 13 March 1947 on C.3688, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart #1917, 1863 et seq. Confirmed 6 November 1952 on 102I. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Thus named on Admiralty chart of 1849, the island with the reefs around it being shown on that chart in the shape of a triangle." 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) |