De Horsey Island is an island at the mouth of the Skeena River in the North Coast region of British Columbia, Canada, immediately south of the southern tip of the Tsimpsean Peninsula and immediately east of Smith Island.[1] Separating it from that island is De Horsey Passage; and to its north, separating it from the Tsimpsean Peninsula, is Eleanor Passage. Kshaoom Indian Reserve No. 23 is on its northwest tip.[2]
Name origin
editThe island was named in 1877 for Rear Admiral Algernon Frederick Rous de Horsey, commander in chief on the Pacific Station from 1876 to 1879. His flagship was HMS Shah, 26 guns, under Captain Bedford.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ BC Names/GeoBC entry "De Horsey Island"
- ^ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Kshaoom 23 (Indian reserve)"
- ^ [British Columbia Coast Names 1592-1906, their origin and history, Capt John T. Walbran Ottawa, 1909], quote in BC Names entry
54°07′09″N 130°08′34″W / 54.11917°N 130.14278°W
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