| Feature Type: | Island - Land area surrounded by water or marsh. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Between Squally Channel and Estevan Sound, Range 4 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°04'28"N, 129°25'24"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103H/3 |
| Related Maps: |
103A/14 103G/1 103H/3 103H/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 6 April 1926 on C.324; confirmed 7 March 1933 on OBF1420; 11 May 1946 on C.3724; 14 June 1946 on 103/SE; 1 December 1949 on C.3724. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named by Lieutenant Commander Jacinto Caamaño, commanding the Spanish Corvette "Aranzaza", engaged in examining this neighbourhood in 1792. Source: Walbran, John T; British Columbia Coast Names, 1592-1906: their origin and history; Ottawa, 1909 (republished for the Vancouver Public Library by J.J. Douglas Ltd, Vancouver, 1971) |
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The name was changed from Compañia (as named by Caamaño and labelled on Vancouver's chart) to Campania, and is still retained. Source: Wagner, Henry R; The Cartography of the Northwest Coast of America; University of California Press, Berkley, 1937 |