Bensins Island is the only island in South Bentinck Arm, an inlet (fjord) in the Central Coast region of British Columbia, Canada.[1] 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.[2] Qnklst is a Nuxalk name for "island" meaning "stone bottom" or "a bottom of stone".[3]

Bensins Island
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Geography
LocationCanada
Coordinates52°13′01″N 126°55′17″W / 52.21694°N 126.92139°W / 52.21694; -126.92139 (Bensins Island)
Total islands1
Demographics
Population0

Name origin

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The name is a corruption of "Menzies", in reference to Archibald Menzies, the naturalist of Captain Vancouver's expedition to the Pacific Northwest.[4]

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