Hope Island 1
| Feature Type: | Indian Reserve-Réserve indienne - Tract of land set apart for the use and benefit of a particular Indian band. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | On Hope Island in entrance to Queen Charlotte Strait, off N end of Vancouver Island, Rupert Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°54'59"N, 127°54'05"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92L/13 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Nuwitti band. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |
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The Nahwitti people called this location "Meloopa" - they moved here from Cape Sutil in 1879, before relocating to Alert Bay. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |