Banks Island (British Columbia)

This article is about the island in British Columbia. For the island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, see Banks Island.

Banks
Native name:
Ḵaa'al
Banks Island is located on the east side of Hecate Strait
Map
Geography
LocationHecate Strait
Coordinates53°25′N 130°10′W / 53.417°N 130.167°W / 53.417; -130.167
Area1,005 km2 (388 sq mi)
Length72 km (44.7 mi)
Width9.7–18 km (6.0–11.2 mi)
Highest elevation536 m (1759 ft)
Highest pointunnamed
Administration
ProvinceBritish Columbia

Banks Island is an island on the coast of the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is located south of Prince Rupert, on Hecate Strait, east of and opposite Haida Gwaii. To its east is Pitt Island and McCauley Island, both across Principe Channel. To its west is Bonilla Island. To its south lies the archipelago of the Estevan Group, beyond which is Caamaño Sound.

Banks Island is 72 kilometres (45 mi) long and ranges in width from 9.7 kilometres (6.0 mi) to 18 kilometres (11 mi). It is 1,005 square kilometres (388 sq mi) in area. It reaches 536 metres (1,759 ft) in elevation.[1] It is located within the Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District. The Banks Nii Łuutiksm Conservancy is located on the north end of the island.

Banks Island was named in 1787 by Archibald Menzies,[2] botanist and surgeon of the fur trading vessel Princess Royal, in honour of Sir Joseph Banks, who was then president of the Royal Society and had accompanied James Cook during the exploratory voyages of 1768–1771.[3] Banks was instrumental in encouraging British fur trading voyages to the Pacific Northwest, such as Duncan's.

History

In late August, 1787, the British fur traders James Colnett and Charles Duncan arrived at Banks Island. They anchored their two ships, Prince of Wales and Princess Royal at the south end of Banks Island in Calamity Bay (which they named Port Ball). The ships remained there for eleven weeks while being repaired. During this time there was a series of first contact encounters between the British and some of the Kitkatla Tsimshian. Minor conflicts escalated into larger ones, including the theft of a British long boat. Violence soon followed, with the use of muskets, pistols, and cannons by the British. A number of Tsimshian were killed, wounded, and taken captive. Also during their time at Calamity Bay the British used boats to explore the complex waterways of the region, including Principe Channel, Douglas Channel, and Laredo Sound, in the process producing the first significant maps of this part of the coast.[4]

The Spanish explorer Jacinto Caamaño explored the region in 1792, passing through Principe Channel in the corvette Aranzazu.[5] Caamaño was aided by copies of maps made by Colnett. The incompletely explored inlets on the maps prompted the Viceroy of New Spain to order an exploratory expedition, which was given to Caamaño. During his voyage, Caamaño spent a month's sojourn at the southern end of Pitt Island, during which time he had considerable interaction with the Tsimshian of Pitt and Banks Islands.[4]

References

  1. ^ Banks Island Archived November 9, 2004, at the Wayback Machine, The Columbia Gazetteer of North America
  2. ^ "Menzies' Journal of Vancouver's Voyage, April to October, 1792" (PDF). Wisconsin Historical Society. 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 July 2010 – via www.americanjourneys.org.
  3. ^ "Banks Island". BC Geographical Names.
  4. ^ a b Galois, Robert (2004). Voyage to the Northwest Side of America: The Journals of James Colnett, 1786–89. University of British Columbia (UBC) Press. pp. 14, 19, 27, 47, 69. ISBN 978-0-7748-0855-2. online at Google Books
  5. ^ "Gil Island". BC Geographical Names.

53°25′N 130°10′W / 53.417°N 130.167°W / 53.417; -130.167

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