Abrams Island
| Feature Type: | Island - Land area surrounded by water or marsh. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Off W shore of Swindle Island, SW of Klemtu, Range 3 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°32'05"N, 128°49'42"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103A/10 |
Ministry of Land, Water and Resource Stewardship - GeoBC Branch
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 4 January 1927, as submitted by Hydrographic Service. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Abrams Island (not Double Island)" identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named after James Atkinson Abrams, born in Napanee, Ontario 11 November 1844; came to Victoria in 1867. In 1890 he was appointed a Justice of the Peace for BC. President of the Nanaimo Tanning Company, later MPP. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |