Chatham Island
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Named by Captain George Vancouver in 1792 after HMS Chatham, the small consort of HMS Discovery that charted local waters under the command of Lieutenant Commander Broughton, R.N. HMS Chatham was undoubtedly named after the Earl of Chatham who was at that time the First Lord of the Admiralty.
This island was home to the Skingeenis People who called it Stsnaang or Tichless ("island"), they returned here to escape the smallpox epidemic in 1862.
This island was home to the Skingeenis People who called it Stsnaang or Tichless ("island"), they returned here to escape the smallpox epidemic in 1862.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatham_Islands_(British_Columbia)
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Coordinates: 48°26'12"N 123°14'46"W
- San Juan Island 21 km
- Lopez Island 27 km
- Orcas Island 35 km
- Fidalgo Island 41 km
- Lummi Island 52 km
- Camano Island 56 km
- Saltspring Island 62 km
- Bainbridge Island 93 km
- Vashon Island 116 km
- Sauvie Island 289 km
- Baynes Channel 1.4 km
- Plumper Passage 1.4 km
- Ten Mile Point 3.2 km
- Cadboro Bay 3.8 km
- Uplands 4.3 km
- Cadboro Bay 4.7 km
- Henderson 5 km
- North Oak Bay 5 km
- South Oak Bay 5.2 km
- University of Victoria 5.6 km