Hanson Island

{{Short description|Island in British Columbia, Canada}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} '''Hanson Island''' is an island in the Queen Charlotte Strait region of the Central Coast of British Columbia, located west of Harbledown Island<ref>[http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/26945.html BC Names/GeoBC entry "Hanson Island"]</ref> and south of the Plumper Islands. The westernmost part of Johnstone Strait is to the south of the island, Blackfish Sound to the north, beyond which is Swanson Island.<ref>[http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/22745.html BC Names/GeoBC entry "Blackfish Sound"]</ref> The island is named for James Hanson who served aboard HMS Chatham in 1792 and was later transferred that year to command Vancouver's supply ship HMS Daedalus.<ref name = Akrigg>{{Citation | last =Akrigg | first =G.P.V. | last2 =Akrigg | first2 =Helen B. | title =British Columbia Place Names | place =Vancouver | publisher =UBC Press | year =1986 | edition =3rd, 1997 | isbn =0-7748-0636-2 | url-access =registration | url =https://archive.org/details/britishcolumbiap0000akri_w1q9 }}</ref>{{rp|105}}

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Category:Islands of British Columbia Category:Central Coast of British Columbia