The Wishart Peninsula is a

peninsula A peninsula (; ) is a landform that extends from a mainland and is surrounded by water on most, but not all of its borders. A peninsula is also sometimes defined as a piece of land bordered by water on three of its sides. Peninsulas exist on all ...

on the

Coast of British Columbia , settlement_type = Region of British Columbia , image_skyline = , nickname = "The Coast" , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Canada , subdivision_type1 = Province , subdivision_name1 = British ...

, located east of Broughton Island to the south of

Wakeman Sound Wakeman Sound is a sound on the South Coast of British Columbia, Canada, located in the area north of the Broughton Archipelago, which lies on the north side of Queen Charlotte Strait, on the northeast side of Broughton Island. It is a sidewater o ...

Name origin

The peninsula and Wishart Island (British Columbia) in the

Deserters Group The Deserters Group is a small group of islands in the Queen Charlotte Strait region of the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada, located off the northeast coast of Vancouver Island to the north of Port Hardy. Deserters Island is one of the is ...

are named for a James Wishart, who was one of the crew of the HBC vessel ''Norman Morrison'' who deserted that vessel and were killed on the Deserters Group islands by natives sent out to find and capture them.BC Names/GeoBC entry "Deserters Island"
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Name origin

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