Colville Island
| Feature Type: | Island - Land area surrounded by water or marsh. |
| Status: | Not official |
| Other Names: | Colvile IslandOfficial |
| Relative Location: | W side of Victoria Harbour, NE of Work Point, Victoria Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 48°25'36"N, 123°23'17"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92B/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Colville Island adopted 1 May 1934 on National Defence sheet 415a, Victoria, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 576, 1865 et seq. Spelling changed to Colvile Island 9 February 1973 on 92B/6, being the correct form of the family name. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |