Origin Notes and History:
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Brethour Island adopted 10 January 1935 on National Defense sheet 415e, Sidney, as recommended by Hydrographic Service; not "Hill Island" as labelled on early Admiralty Charts and on BC map 2A, 1913. Presumably a more distinctive name was sought.
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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Named by H.D. Parizeau, Hydrographic Service, after a pioneer family by the name of Brethour, who about 1873 were the original owners of the present townsite of Sidney.
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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