Stephens Island is an island on the British Columbia Coast, Canada, located in Hecate Strait to the northwest of Porcher Island and to the southwest of the city of Prince Rupert.[1] The island's main geographic feature is Mount Stephens, 432 m (1417 feet),[2] on the southeast end of the island at 54°07′39″N 130°40′15″W.[3] To its northwest is Congreve Hill, 150 m (492 feet),[4] at 54°09′29″N 130°42′31″W.

Stephens Island (British Columbia)

Native name: Ksgaxl
Northeast end of Stephens Island, as seen from Brown Passage
Stephens Island
Geography
Coordinates	54°09′28″N 130°43′54″W[1]
Area	14,000 ha (35,000 acres)

The island was named by Captain Vancouver in honour of Sir Philip Stephens, secretary to the Admiralty from 1763 to 1795.[5]^: 255

The Early Cretaceous Stephens Island pluton dates to the Albian (102±8 Ma).[6]

Indian reserves

Squaderee Indian Reserve No. 91 is located on the west side of the island's northern part, at 54°08′00″N 130°47′00″W[7] on Skiakl Bay at 54°08′17″N 130°47′02″W,[8] in which there is a small island, Skiakl Island, at 54°07′38″N 130°45′44″W.[9]

Off Stephens Island's northern tip is Avery Island at 54°12′42″N 130°45′32″W,[10] the whole of which constitutes Avery Island Indian Reserve No. 92,[11] Both it and Squadaree IR No. 9 are under the administration of the Metlakatla First Nation.[12][13] It lies in Qlawdzeet Anchorage which is at 54°12′15″N 130°46′09″W.[14] Overlooking that from the south, at the northern tip of Stephens Island itself, is Qlawd Hill at 54°11′28″N 130°46′29″W.[15]

Other features and adjoining islands

Other small islands adjoining Stephens Island include Skiakl Island, Philip Island, Parry Island, Arthur Island, and Joyce Island.[16]

Prescott Island is the largest of the small islands around Stephens Island, lying to its southeast between it and Porcher Island at 54°11′28″N 130°46′29″W.[17]

See also

• Stephens Island (disambiguation)
• Stephens (disambiguation)
• Mount Stephens (disambiguation)

References