Pearse Island

Pearse Island is an island in western British Columbia, Canada, in the Portland Inlet, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean. The island was first charted in 1793 by George Vancouver during his 1791-95 expedition.
It was named by George Henry Richards, captain of, circa 1860, in honour of William Alfred Rombulow Pearse of the Royal Navy, who had been commander of.

Location and territorial claims

The island is in size. It is separated from the mainland of Alaska by the wide Pearse Canal, which forms part of the Canada–United States border in this area. The island is north of Prince Rupert, British Columbia.
It and neighbouring islands figured in one of the territorial and marine-boundary quarrels of the Alaska boundary dispute.

Features

Wil Milit

The former Pearse Island Indian Reserve No. 43 is on the northeast end of the island. It is now named Wil Milit as a result of the Nisga'a Treaty and is no longer an Indian Reserve, but is fee-simple. , a Houston-based company, with the Nisga’a Nation and Rockies LNG, is developing its first floating LNG production facility, a proposed 12-million-tonne-per-year LNG project, on the northern tip of Pearse Island near the Nisga’a village of Gingolx, British Columbia.

Winter Inlet Conservancy

Winter inlet is a fjord located at the south end of the island, it nearly bisects the island and affords secure anchorage for small boats.
The Conservancy is located in the land around the head of Winter Inlet, covers of the surrounding land, and was designated in 2008 as part of the North Coast Land and Resource Management Plan.