Chain Islets

Chain Islets (48˚25'00" 123˚16'00" Between Discovery I and Oak Bay, off SE tip of Vancouver I). The purely descriptive name of Chain Is was given by Capt Henry Kellett of HMS Herald in 1847, while surveying the area. It was changed to Chain Its in 1934. These rocky features figure in Songhees First Nation creation myths. During the great flood, a single, very high island reportedly stood at this location, and the local people tied their canoes to it as the waters rose. After the flood, the...

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