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In May 2021, Tla'amin Nation submitted a request to Powell River city council to change the name of the city. The request comes because city namesake Israel Powell, B.C.’s superintendent of Indian affairs from 1872 to 1889, helped to ensure that the sale of Lot 450, land that included tiyskĘ·at village, went through, as well as overseeing the removal of children from their homes to be sent ...
Lund is the northern terminus of Highway 101.The highway is locally known as the Sunshine Coast Highway. Powell River is 22 kilometres (14 mi) south by road, from where BC Ferries offers service to Comox on Vancouver Island to the west across the Strait of Georgia.
Westview is a ferry terminal in Powell River, British Columbia, Canada. It is located on Malaspina Strait, part of the Strait of Georgia, on the northern Sunshine Coast and provides connections to Texada Island and Vancouver Island. The ferry port is connected to Highway 101 via a short access road.
Powell River Airport; Powell River Regional District, a former regional district in British Columbia, Canada, now known as the qathet Regional District; Powell River School District, a school board on the Sunshine Coast in British Columbia, Canada; Powell River (Tennessee River), a tributary of the Clinch River in the United States
Access to Cortes Island is by plane or ferry - by seaplane to many of the island's protected harbours; by ferry from Quadra Island, which is itself accessed from Campbell River on Vancouver Island via BC Ferries. Cortes Island is a tourist destination in the summers, with many people visiting to enjoy the peaceful atmosphere and warm weather.
Looking across Sechelt Inlet towards Sechelt Peninsula. The Sechelt Peninsula is located on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia, just northwest of Vancouver.It is bounded to the west by Malaspina Strait (separating it from Texada Island), to the north by Agamemnon Channel (separating it from Nelson Island) and Jervis Inlet, to the east by Sechelt Inlet (separating it from mainland British ...
Goat Island was formed following the damming of the Powell River and subsequent flooding of the valleys surrounding the island. 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]
Toba Inlet is relatively short in comparison to the other major coastal inlets, being only about 2.5 km (1.6 mi) in average width and 35 km (22 mi) from the mouth of the powerful (but short) Toba River to the inlet's mouth at the junctions of Pryce Channel and Homfray Channel at the north tip of East Redonda Island.