Hawkesbury Island
Hawkesbury Island lies south of Kitimat on the eastern side of the Douglas Channel.1 The island was named by Vancouver after Jenkinson, the Baron of Hawkesbury.2 The islands surrounding Hawkesbury were initially thought to be joined to it.3
  • 1. Andrew Scott, Hawkesbury Island, Encyclopedia of Raincoast Place Names.
  • 2. Ibid.
  • 3. Ibid.
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Jenkinson, Charles Cecil Cope

Vancouver, George

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Douglas Channel

Kitimat