Lotbinière Island
| Feature Type: | Island - Land area surrounded by water or marsh. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | SE island of the Estevan Group, W side of Estevan Sound, SE of Banks Island, Range 4 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°01'37"N, 129°34'21"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103H/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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East Island adopted 5 December 1933 on OBF 1420, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 278A (date not cited). Name changed to Lotbinière Island 3 February 1950 on C.3724, as recommended by Hydrographic Service. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Re-named to avoid duplication, after Sir Henri Joly de Lotbinière, Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia in 1900. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |