| Feature Type: | Island - Land area surrounded by water or marsh. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Separating Chatham Sound and Prince Rupert Harbour, Range 5 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°17'14"N, 130°25'01"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103J/8 |
| Related Maps: |
103J/1 103J/8 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 7 February 1928, as labelled on British Admiralty Charts. 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, RN, after Captain Henry Almarus Digby, 2nd lieutenant aboard HMS Malacca, Captain R.B.Oldfield, on this station 1866-68.... 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 traditional name is/was Ka-tat-nic (November 1991 advice from Metlakatla Band, file P.2.37); meaning or significance not provided. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |