Watson Island (British Columbia)

{{Short description|Island in British Columbia, Canada}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

Watson Island is an island in the Queen Charlotte Strait region of the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada, located to the north of North Broughton Island in the entrance to Mackenzie Sound.[http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/25504.html BC Names/GeoBC entry "Watson Island"] It is named for Alexander Watson, colonial treasurer of Vancouver Island in 1866 and later an official with the original Bank of British Columbia.{{Citation | last =Akrigg | first =G.P.V. | last2 =Akrigg | first2 =Helen B. | title =British Columbia Place Names | place =Vancouver | publisher =UBC Press | year =1986 | edition =3rd, 1997 | isbn =0-7748-0636-2 | url-access =registration | url =https://archive.org/details/britishcolumbiap0000akri_w1q9 }}{{rp|291}}