Francis Island
| Feature Type: | Island - Land area surrounded by water or marsh. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | In entrance to Ucluelet Inlet, just NW of Barkley Sound, Clayoquot Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 48°55'23"N, 125°31'27"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92C/13 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Francis Island (not Round Island) adopted in the 12th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 30 June 1913. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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Labelled "Round Island" on British Admiralty Chart 592, 1861 et seq; mis-spelled "Rund Island" on BC Lands' map 2A, 1913; re-named to avoid confusion, after Peter Francis, West Coast trader. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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The traditional name for this island is Tuchuuwa (pronounced tuch oowa); the name is a reference to the direction of the wind. (Ucluelet First Nation, December 2010) Source: included with note |