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Crease Island

Coordinates: 50°37′07″N 126°39′25″W / 50.61861°N 126.65694°W / 50.61861; -126.65694 (Crease Island)
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Crease Island, formerly Lewis Island, is an island in the Broughton Archipelago Marine Provincial Park in the Queen Charlotte Strait-Johnstone Strait region of the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada. It is located north of Harbledown Island and is at the southern extremity of the provincial park.[1]

Name origin

The name Lewis Island was changed to Crease Island in 1905 to commemorate Sir Henry Pering Pellew Crease, (1823-1905). He emigrated to the Crown Colony of Vancouver Island in 1858 and served as Attorney-General for ten years (1861-1971) before being appointed to the Supreme Court of British Columbia, retiring after 25 years, in 1895, with a knighthood. He died February 27, 1905.[2]

References

50°37′07″N 126°39′25″W / 50.61861°N 126.65694°W / 50.61861; -126.65694 (Crease Island)