Allies Island
| Feature Type: | Island - Land area surrounded by water or marsh. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | In Waddington Channel between East and West Redonda Islands, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°12'47"N, 124°48'32"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92K/2 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Allies Island adopted 6 November 1952 on 92K as referenced in the 1930 BC Gazetteer and as labelled on BC map 2C, 1948; not Prussian Island as labelled on Geological Survey sheet 997, Nanaimo & New Westminster Mining Divisions, 1908. Significance not known. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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The 1930 BC Gazetteer contains the cross-reference "Prussian Island - see Allies Island", although there is no corresponding entry for Allies Island. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |