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The Pearse Islands are a small group of islands in the Queen Charlotte Strait region of the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada. They are just east of Cormorant Island (British Columbia), which is the location of the Village of Alert Bay.〔(BC Names/GeoBC entry "Pearse Islands" )〕 Cormorant Channel Marine Provincial Park is located in this group of islands.〔(BC Names/GeoBC entry "Cormorant Channel Marine Park" )〕 Islands in the group include Kulkeduma Island, which is the site of Kuldekuma IR No. 7,〔(BC Names/GeoBC entry "Kuldekuma 7 (Indian reserve)" )〕〔(BC Names/GeoBC entry "Kuldekuma Island" )〕 which is governed by the Namgis First Nation.〔(Indian and Northern Affairs Canada "Reserve/Settlement/Village Detail )〕 ==Name origin== Like the Pearse Peninsula on nearby Broughton Island, the islands were named in 1860 for Commander William Alfred Rumbulow Pearse, RN, who commanded HMS ''Alert'' in the area from 1858-1861.〔''British Columbia Coast Names, 1592-1906: their origin and history'', Captain John T. Walbran, Ottawa, 1909, quoted in BC Names"〕
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