The archipelago is on the northeast side of Queen Charlotte Strait and lies northwest of the village of Alert Bay and immediately to the west of Gilford Island, separated from it by Retreat Pass.
[1] Arrow Passage is to its northwest,[2] separating it from Mars Island.
Waddington Harbour at the head of Bute Inlet is also named for him.
[7] Bonwick Island was named by Captain Pender after Charles Bonwick, acting assistant engineer above the gunboat HMS Grappler in 1860, then as acting chief engineer on the survey ship Beaver from 1863.
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