Bensins Island

Bensins Island is the only island in South Bentinck Arm, an inlet (fjord) in the Central Coast region of British Columbia, Canada.[1] It is located across the inlet from Tallheo Hot Springs. Slightly north of the island on the shore of the inlet was Qnklst, a Nuxalk village.[2] Qnklst is a Nuxalk name for "island" meaning "stone bottom" or "a bottom of stone".[3]

Name origin

The name is a corruption of "Menzies", in reference to Archibald Menzies, the naturalist of Captain Vancouver's expedition to the Pacific Northwest.[4]

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See also

References
  1. BC Names/GeoBC entry "Bensins Island"
  2. The Indian Tribes of North America, John Swanton, 1953, quoted in canadiangeneaology.net website
  3. BC Names/GeoBC entry "Bensins Island"
  4. BC Names/GeoBC entry "Bensins Island"


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