Nootka Island
| Feature Type: | Island - Land area surrounded by water or marsh. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | NW side of Nootka Sound, NW of Tofino on the W side of Vancouver Island, Nootka Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°44'34"N, 126°46'09"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92E/10 |
| Related Maps: |
92E/10 92E/15 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 31 March 1924 on 92E/10 as labeled on Reference Map 2C "Vancouver Island, Northerly" (1919). May have previously appeared as Nutka (1795) or Mazarredo (1791) Island (maps not cited). Likely named in association with Nootka Sound. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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Decision in the 18th Report. For origin, see Nootka Sound Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |