Dundas Island
| Feature Type: | Island - Land area surrounded by water or marsh. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | W side of Chatham Sound just NW of Prince Rupert, Range 5 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°33'46"N, 130°52'22"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103J/10 |
| Related Maps: |
103J/10 103J/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Dundas Island (singular) adopted 7 March 1933 on Geological Survey of Canada sheet 278A, Prince Rupert, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 1737, 1912; the largest of the Dundas Islands. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named "Dundas's Island" in July 1793 by Captain Vancouver, after the Right Hon. Henry Dundas (1742-1811), treasurer of the navy under prime minister of Great Britain William Pitt, 1783-1801. Source: Provincial Archives' Place Names File (the "Harvey File") compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions |