Subtle Islands

Subtle Islands (50˚07'00" 125˚05'00" In Sutil Channel, N end of Str of Georgia, NE of Campbell R). This name, a translation of the Spanish word sutil, honours the 18th-century Spanish naval vessel commanded by Dionisio Alcalá-Galiano. The Sutil and its consort, the Mexicana, passed through the region in 1792, in company with Capt George Vancouver’s vessels. See Cape Sutil for more information. The feature was formerly known as Camp I, and appears as such on an Admiralty chart dated 1865,...

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