De Courcy Island
| Feature Type: | Island - Land area surrounded by water or marsh. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | One of the Gulf Islands, W side of the Strait of Georgia between Galiano and Gabriola Islands, Nanaimo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°06'01"N, 123°44'28"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 4 October 1945 on C.3577, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 3618, 1907 et seq; the middle of the De Courcy Group of islands, in turn so-named in 1860. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |