Checkaklis Island
| Feature Type: | Island - Land area surrounded by water or marsh. |
| Status: | Not official |
| Other Names: | Che:k'tles7et'h' IslandOfficial |
| Relative Location: | One of the Bunsby Islands, in Checleset Bay NW of Kyuquot Sound, Rupert Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°05'29"N, 127°33'20"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92L/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Checkaklis Island adopted 3 June 1947 on C.3683, as identified in Royal Commission on Indian Affairs, Vol IV, pp 884, 891. Name changed to Che:k'tles7et'h' Island per the provisions of the Maa-nulth Treaty, 1 April 2011. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |