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Texada Island is a large island located in the Strait of Georgia of British Columbia, Canada. With an area of 300.45 km 2 (116.00 sq mi), it is the largest island of the Gulf Islands and the third largest island in the Strait of Georgia after Whidbey Island in Washington and Quadra Island of the Discovery Islands. Once a major mining and ...
South Texada Island Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. It is located on the SouthWest side of Texada Island . Created in 1997, the park is approximately 900 hectares (2,200 acres) in area.
According to BC Geographical Names (BCGNIS) the name "Gulf Islands" was originally intended and commonly understood to refer to the archipelago at the southern end of the Strait of Georgia; from Gabriola Island in the north to Saturna Island in the southeast and D'Arcy Island in the southwest.
Nanaimo BC 49°09′21″N 123°56′06″W / 49.1557°N 123.935°W / 49.1557; -123.935 ( Western Fuel Company House Nanaimo municipality ( 3713 )
Looking west across the Straight from Iona Park in Richmond towards Gabriola and Valdes Islands. The Strait of Georgia (French: Détroit de Géorgie) or the Georgia Strait [3] is an arm of the Salish Sea between Vancouver Island and the extreme southwestern mainland coast of British Columbia, Canada, and the extreme northwestern mainland coast of Washington, United States.
Anderson Bay Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located on the southeast end of Texada Island near the community of Gillies Bay. Created in 2000, it is approximately 35 hectares (86 acres) in area. [1]
Blubber Bay is an unincorporated settlement on the northern end of Texada Island at the bay of the same name in the northern Gulf of Georgia on the South Coast of British Columbia, Canada. The ferry from Powell River docks at Blubber Bay, which sits beside quarry offices, pits and workings which stretch up the hill.
Van Anda, formerly spelled Vananda, is an unincorporated settlement on Texada Island in the northern Gulf of Georgia in British Columbia, Canada. As of 2023, it has a population of approximately 362 people. [1] The surrounding region incorporates Blubber Bay and Gillies Bay.