Hurst Island
| 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°50'16"N, 127°34'47"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 92L/3, 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. Origin/significance not recorded. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Nearby Balaklava Island was named in October 1863 by Captain Daniel Pender, RN, to recognize the 9th ninth anniversary of the immortal Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava in the Crimea, 25 October 1854 - was Hurst Island named at the same time, in association with the same event? Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |