Narrow Island
| Language of origin | English language |
| Feature Type: | Island - Land area surrounded by water or marsh. |
| Status: | Not official |
| Other Names: | Strange IslandOfficial |
| Relative Location: | S end of Tahsis Inlet, Nootka Sound, Nootka Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°41'51"N, 126°36'39"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92E/10 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Narrow Island identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart #569, 1865. Renamed Strange Island 6 November 1934 on C345, as submitted by H.D. Parizeau, Hydrographic Service. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |