Chatham Islands (British Columbia)

Chatham Islands
Chatham Islands Location of Chatham Islands in British Columbia
Coordinates: 48°26′00″N 123°15′00″W / 48.43333°N 123.25000°W / 48.43333; -123.25000Coordinates: 48°26′00″N 123°15′00″W / 48.43333°N 123.25000°W / 48.43333; -123.25000
Country	Canada
Province	British Columbia

This article is about the islands near Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. For the islands in New Zealand, see Chatham Islands.

The Chatham Islands are a group of islands off the east coast of Oak Bay, British Columbia, Canada. All of the islands above the high tide mark (except the Alpha Islets ecological reserve) are in Chatham Islands Indian Reserve No. 4, under the control of the Songhees First Nation. Chatham Islands foreshore - defined as the land between low tide and the beginning of land based vegetation - is provincial Crown Land.

The Chatham Islands were named in 1846 by surveyors in honour of HMS Chatham, the escort ship of HMS Discovery, the ship of 18th-century British Explorer Captain George Vancouver on his voyage to chart the coastline of British Columbia between 1792 and 1794 (the Vancouver Expedition). The adjacent Discovery Island was named after the Discovery.

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The Gulf Islands of British Columbia

Howe Sound Islands	Anvil Bowen Defence Islands Hutt Bowyer Gambier Keats Passage

Northern Gulf Islands (major)	Cortes Denman Hornby Lasqueti Quadra Savary Texada Nelson

Northern Gulf Islands (minor)	Jedediah Mitlenatch Musket

Southern Gulf Islands (major)	Gabriola Galiano Penelakut Mayne North and South Pender Saltspring Saturna Thetis Valdes

Southern Gulf Islands (minor)	Belle Chain Islets Chain Islets Chatham Islands D'Arcy Dayman De Courcy Discovery James Moresby Mudge Newcastle North Secretary Parker Piers Portland Prevost Protection Ruxton Sidney Skull Trial Islands Wallace

Chatham Islands (British Columbia)

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