Channel Islands
| Feature Type: | Islands - Land area surrounded by water or marsh. Plural of Island. |
| Status: | Not official |
| Other Names: | Balch IslandsOfficial |
| Relative Location: | N of Maude Island, Skidegate Inlet, Queen Charlotte Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°13'37"N, 132°04'54"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103F/1 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Channel Islands adopted in the 1930 BC Gazetteer, as labelled on BC map 3L, 1919. Name changed to Balch Islands 10 December 1945 on C.306, as recommended by Hydrographic Service to avoid duplication (file Q.2.45). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |