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The island was known as "Chuan" or "Chouan" Island in 1854, but it was also called "Salt Spring" as early as 1855, because of the island's salt springs. [19]In 1859, it was officially named "Admiralty Island" in honour of Rear-Admiral Robert Lambert Baynes by surveyor Captain Richards, who named various points of the island in honour of the Rear-Admiral and his flagship, HMS Ganges. [19]
Ruckle Provincial Park is a provincial park on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada. It has the largest provincial campground on the Gulf Islands . Partly protected by the park is a historic sheep farm founded by the Ruckle family.
The island has an approximate total area of 67.4 km 2 (26.0 sq mi) and features three small island lakes: Clover Lake, [2] Frogpond Lake, [3] and Spire Lake. [4] The highest point on the island is Goat Island Peak with an approximate elevation of 1,320 m (4,330 ft) above sea level.
Powell Lake is a lake in the northern Sunshine Coast region of British Columbia, Canada, adjacent to the city of Powell River, which sits on the low rise of land forming a natural dam between the lake and the Strait of Georgia. The lake flows to the ocean through Powell River and features Goat Island, a large mountainous island. It serves as a ...
Burgoyne Bay (Halkomelem: Xwaaqw'um) is located at the southern end of Saltspring Island in British Columbia, Canada. The shores of the bay are part of the Mount Maxwell Ecological Reserve . The bay branches off from Sansum Narrows , which separates Saltspring from Vancouver Island .
It was established in 1938 for the views afforded from Baynes Peak, the highest point on the mountain, [2] which encompass Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands and mainland British Columbia. It has an area of 231 hectares, but is adjoined by the Mount Maxwell Ecological Reserve to the west, and Burgoyne Bay Provincial Park to the south, creating ...
Ganges, British Columbia, Canada. Date: 14 July 2018, 09:49:09: Source: Own work: Author: ... Salt Spring Island; Metadata. This file contains additional information ...
Goat Range Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. The park was established to protect unique species such as the (protected) Gerrard Rainbow Trout (the largest in the world-up to 50 lb) and the distinct color group of "White Grizzly " for which some hoped the park would be named.