Kitson Island
| Feature Type: | Island - Land area surrounded by water or marsh. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Off W entrance to Inverness Passage, just S of Port Edward, Range 5 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°10'43"N, 130°19'00"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103J/1 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 7 February 1928 on C.3702. Confirmed 8 July 1954 on 103 J/1. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in 1867 by Captain Pender, after George Andrew Noble Kitson, Royal Marines, who served on the HMS Malacca under Captain Oldfield. On this station 1966-67. Retired as lieutenant. 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) |