A number of other islands separate King Island from the open sea of Queen Charlotte Sound.
Fisher Channel and Burke Channel join at the southern end of King Island, becoming Fitz Hugh Sound.
[1] King Island is 808 square kilometres (312 sq mi) in area, making it the seventh largest island in British Columbia.
[2] King Island was named in 1793 by George Vancouver, in honor of the family of Captain James King, under whom Vancouver had served as a midshipman on the Discovery during the latter part of the third voyage of James Cook.
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