| Feature Type: | Island - Land area surrounded by water or marsh. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | NW off Port Hardy (municipality), between Goletas and Gordon Channels, Rupert Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°50'56"N, 127°37'32"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92L/13 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 6 May 1947 on 92 L/13, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 582, 1864 et seq, and on BC Lands' map 2C, 1919, and as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. (file Q.1.36). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in October 1863 by Captain Pender, RN, the 9th anniversary of the immortal Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava in the Crimea, 25 October 1854. The brigade, numbering about 600 men, was led by Lord Cardigan against a Russian force numbering 30 guns and 4000 men. The charge was successful, but the guns could not be held, and only a remnant of the brigade returned to the British lines. Also Raglan Point, Cardigan Rocks, Scarlett Point and Nolan Point. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |