Columbia Islet
| Feature Type: | Islet - Small island. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | E side of Lemmens Inlet, N of Tofino, Clayoquot Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°12'07"N, 125°51'19"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 14 July 1975 on 92F/4, as submitted by Ken Gibson, Tofino, in association with Adventure Cove. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After Captain Gray's ship "Columbia", wintered in the cove here 1791-1792. See also Fort Defiance, also "Beautiful British Columbia magazine", fall 1967 (file T.1.43) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |