Village Island
| Feature Type: | Island - Land area surrounded by water or marsh. |
| Status: | Not official |
| Other Names: | Effingham IslandOfficial |
| Relative Location: | E side of the Broken Group (of islands) in Barkley Sound, Barclay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 48°52'15"N, 125°18'18"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92C/14 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Village Island identified and presumed adopted in the 6th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 30 June 1906 (in the location description for Effingham, Port). Name changed to Effingham Island in the 12th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 30 June 1913. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |