Stone Island
| Feature Type: | Island - Land area surrounded by water or marsh. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Just NE of Tofino in entrance to Lemmens Inlet, Clayoquot Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°09'42"N, 125°53'43"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92F/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted in the 9th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 30 June 1910, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 1835 (date not cited). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Mis-labelled "Jacobsen Island" on BC Reference Map 1A (date not cited) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After the owner, William John Stone (22 July 1911 letter from Captain John T. Walbran, Ottawa file 0177). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |