| Feature Type: | Island - Land area surrounded by water or marsh. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Off SW side of Prevost Island, between Saltspring and Mayne Islands, Cowichan Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 48°48'47"N, 123°22'49"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92B/14 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 14 January 1946 on C.3450, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart A2840, 1861, following a survey conducted by Captain Richards and officers of the Plumper, 1858-1860. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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These island may have been named after Sir Thomas Dyke Acland (1787-1871), British politician and philanthropist. Source: Provincial Archives of BC "Place Names File" compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions |
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Note that one Lieutenant Edward Ackland joined the Royal Navy in July 1806 and served on the Orestes, Thalie (1807), Impregnable (1812 or 1813) and the Insolent. He served with the Coast Guard 1831-34, but was no longer with the Royal Navy when these islands were named, nor was any other "Acland" on the Royal Navy list at the time. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |