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

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.

See also

• List of islands of British Columbia

References

1. BC Names/GeoBC entry "Bensins Island"
2. The Indian Tribes of North America, John Swanton, 1953, quoted in canadiangeneaology.net website
3. BC Names/GeoBC entry "Bensins Island"
4. BC Names/GeoBC entry "Bensins Island"

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