Origin of place name: The Encyclopedia of Raincoast Place Names notes these islands were named for Lance Corporal William Henry Metcalf, VC, MM (1894-1968). Metcalf was an American from Maine but fought in WWI as a member of the 16th (Canadian Scottish) Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. The islands were named after Metcalf in 1924.
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