Chatham Islands (British Columbia)

Chatham Islands
Chatham Islands Location of Chatham Islands in British Columbia
Coordinates: 48°26′00″N 123°15′00″W
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.

See also

• Chatham Strait
• Chatham Sound

References

• BCGNIS entry "Chatham Islands Indian Reserve 4"
• BCGNIS entry "Chatham Islands"