Belle Chain Islets
Feature Type:Islets - Small island. Plural of Islet.
Status: Official
Name Authority: BC Geographical Names Office
Relative Location: W side Strait of Georgia, off N end of Saturna Island, Cowichan Land District
Latitude-Longitude: 48°49'27"N, 123°11'03"W at the approximate centre of this feature.
Datum: WGS84
NTS Map: 92B/14
Origin Notes and History:

"Bellechain Islets" adopted 7 March 1924. Form of name changed to Belle Chain Islets 14 January 1946 on C.350.

Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office

Labelled simply "Belle Chain" on British Admiralty Chart 2840, 1861 et seq, and on BC map 2A, 1913.

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Named about 1860 after Isabel ("Belle"), youngest daughter of Captain Jeremiah Nagle, harbour master for Vancouver Island at the time.

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Or .... named after one Mr. Belle, crewman with Wilkes in 1841 (?)

Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office