Stephens Island (British Columbia)
Native name: Ksgaxl | |
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.webp) Northeast end of Stephens Island, as seen from Brown Passage | |
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| Area | 14,000 ha (35,000 acres) |
Stephens Island is an island on the British Columbia Coast, Canaded in the Hecate Strait to the northwest of Porcher Island and to the southwest of the city of Prince Rupert.[1] Its main geographic feature is Mount Stephens, at 432 m (1417 feet),[2] on the island's southeast end at Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found..[3] To its northwest is Congreve Hill, at 150 m (492 feet),[4] at Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found..
The island was named by Captain Vancouver in honour of Sir Philip Stephens, secretary to the Admiralty from 1763 to 1795.[5]: 255
The Early Cretaceous Stephens Island pluton dates to the Albian era (102±8 Ma).[6]
Indian reserves
[edit | edit source]Squaderee Indian Reserve No. 91 is located on the west side of the island's northern part, at Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.[7] on Skiakl Bay at Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.,[8] in which there is a small island, Skiakl Island, at Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found..[9]
Off Stephens Island's northern tip is Avery Island at Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.,[10] the whole of which constitutes Avery Island Indian Reserve No. 92,[11] Both it and Squadaree IR No. 9 are under the administration of the Metlakatla First Nation.[12][13] It lies in Qlawdzeet Anchorage which is at Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found..[14] Overlooking that from the south, at the northern tip of Stephens Island itself, is Qlawd Hill at Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found..[15]
Other features and adjoining islands
[edit | edit source]Other small islands adjoining Stephens Island include Skiakl Island, Philip Island, Parry Island, Arthur Island, and Joyce Island.[16]
Prescott Island is the largest of the small islands around Stephens Island, lying to its southeast between it and Porcher Island at Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found..[17]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Bivouac Mountain Encyclopedia entry "Mount Stephens"
- ^ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Mount Stephens"
- ^ Bivouac Mountain Encyclopedia entry "Congreve Hill"
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Squadaree 9 (Indian reserve)"
- ^ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Skiakl Bay"
- ^ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Skiakl Island"
- ^ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Avery Island"
- ^ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Avery Island 92 (Indian reserve)"
- ^ Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Reserve/Settlement/Village Detail
- ^ Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Reserve/Settlement/Village Detail
- ^ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Qlawdzeet Anchorage"
- ^ [http.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/37033.html BC Names/GeoBC entry "Qlawd Hill"]
- ^ BC Names/GeoBC 10km radius search around "Stephens Island" entry
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