Morfee Island
| Feature Type: | Island - Land area surrounded by water or marsh. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Off NE side of Vargas Island at E end of Calmus Passage, just N of Tofino, Clayoquot Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°13'17"N, 125°57'30"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92F/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 3 April 1934 on C.340, as submitted October 1933 by Hydrographic Service. Re-approved 7 January 1947 on 92F/4. 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 Flight Lieutenant A.L. Morfee of the National Defence Department. He was in charge of the aerial photography of this district. See also Morfee Creek. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |