Brethour Island
| Feature Type: | Island - Land area surrounded by water or marsh. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | W side of Prevost Passage, NE of Sidney, Cowichan Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 48°40'40"N, 123°19'08"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92B/11 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Brethour Island adopted 10 January 1935 on National Defense sheet 415e, Sidney, as recommended by Hydrographic Service; not "Hill Island" as labelled on early Admiralty Charts and on BC map 2A, 1913. Presumably a more distinctive name was sought. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named by H.D. Parizeau, Hydrographic Service, after a pioneer family by the name of Brethour, who about 1873 were the original owners of the present townsite of Sidney. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |