McKenney Islands
The McKenney Islands, or on some charts McKenny Islands, are a small group of islands in Hecate Strait, west of Aristazabal Island in the North Coast region of British Columbia, Canada.[1] The nearby Moore Islands and Whitmore Islands comprise with the McKenney Islands the Moore/McKenny/Whitmore Ecological Preserve.
Name origin[edit]
The islands were named in 1927 for Corporal John McKenney who served in British Columbia with the Columbia Detachment of the Royal Engineers from 1858 to 1863.[2]
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52°39′03″N 129°28′56″W / 52.65083°N 129.48222°W
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