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Barnston Island Ferry: Crosses the Parsons Channel on the Fraser River between Port Kells and Barnston Island. M.V. Centurion VI (Tugboat) + Barnston Island Replacement Barge (Barge) Tugboat and Barge: 5 52 5 minutes Western Pacific Marine [4] Big Bar Reaction Ferry: Crosses the Fraser River northwest of Clinton. Vessel Unknown Reaction: 2 12 ...
British Columbia History Along the Highways & Waterways: A Traveler's Guide to the Fascinating Facts, Intriguing Incidents and Lively Legends of Vancouver Island & the British Columbia Coast. Red Deer, Alberta: Red Deer College Press. pp. 100– 101. ISBN 0-88995-173-X. Twenty-Five Years of Newcastle Island. Nanaimo Visitor Information Centre.
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west coast of Vancouver Island: summit of San Rafael Island at entrance to Nootka Sound. 1910 Red square skeleton tower. Active focal plane at 30.9 metres. It flashes white 0.2 seconds every 12 seconds. [2] Pachena Point Light
The province's name was chosen by Queen Victoria, when the Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866), i.e., "the Mainland", became a British colony in 1858. [24] It refers to the Columbia District, the British name for the territory drained by the Columbia River, in southeastern British Columbia, which was the namesake of the pre-Oregon Treaty Columbia Department of the Hudson's Bay Company.
The coloured alabaster found in the cliffs gave rise to the name of the colour "Watchet Blue". [3] The village lies on the route of the West Somerset Coast Path and Celtic Way Exmoor Option. The beach, looking west towards Minehead and Dunster. Blue Anchor railway station is a station on the West Somerset Railway, a heritage railway in Somerset.
Long Harbour is an inlet on the east side of Salt Spring Island. [1] It hosts a ferry terminal which connects directly to the Lower Mainland via Tsawwassen, British Columbia as well as some of the other southern Gulf Islands. There are several small islets in its waters, including Clamshell Islet, which is covered with numerous prickly pear cacti.
To the south of the island is Marcus Passage. To the north is Inverness Passage, separating Smith Island from the Tsimpsean Peninsula. [5] Eleanor Passage, connects Osborn Point, the most eastern point on the island, with the mouth of the Skeena River. [6] De Horsey Passage separates De Horsey Island from Smith Island on the latter's east side. [7]