Saturna Island (B.C.)

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Name (Latin)
Saturna Island (B.C.)
Coordinates
-123.15 -123.15 48.78333333 48.78333333 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
Islands British Columbia
See Also From tracing place name
Gulf Islands (B.C.)
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Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q1326272
Library of congress: sh 85117698
Sources of Information
  • Haggarty, J.C. Test excavation at the Georgeson Bay Site, Gulf of Georgia region, British Columbia, 1976:p. 10 ("The network of islands lying along the southeast coast of Vancouver Island is commonly referred to as the Gulf Islands complex ... The major islands included in this complex are Saltspring, North and South Pender, Mayne, Saturna, Galiano, Valdes, and Gabriola.")

Wikipedia description:

Saturna Island is a mountainous island, about 31 square kilometres (12 sq mi) in size, in the Southern Gulf Islands chain of British Columbia, Canada. It is situated approximately midway between the Lower Mainland of B.C. and Vancouver Island, and is the most easterly of the Gulf Islands. It is surrounded on three sides by the Canada–United States border. To the north is Point Roberts, Washington, and to the east and south are the San Juan Islands. There is a First Nations reserve on the island for the Tsayout and Tseycum Nations. The island has a permanent population of around 350; however, this number increases during the summer season. Approximately half of the island is in the Gulf Islands National Park Reserve (GINPR) that was formed in 2003 from a gift of ecologically sensitive land by Ulla Ressner and John Fry, existing provincial parks, an Ecological Reserve, and other Crown land.

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