Bensins Island is the only island in South Bentinck Arm, an inlet (fjord) in the Central Coast region of British Columbia, Canada.BC Names/GeoBC entry "Bensins Island" It is located across the inlet from Tallheo Hot Springs. Slightly north of the island on the shore of the inlet was Qnklst, a Nuxalk village.The Indian Tribes of North America, John Swanton, 1953, quoted in canadiangeneaology.net website Qnklst is a Nuxalk name for "island" meaning "stone bottom" or "a bottom of stone".BC Names/GeoBC entry "Bensins Island"
Name origin The name is a corruption of "Menzies", in reference to Archibald Menzies, the naturalist of Captain Vancouver's expedition to the Pacific Northwest.BC Names/GeoBC entry "Bensins Island"
See also List of islands of British Columbia
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