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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.
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.
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.
Strictly speaking, the Strait of Georgia is only the wide, open waters of the main strait between the mainland and Vancouver Island, and does not officially refer to the adjoining waters between the islands and Vancouver Island but has become a common misnomer for the entire Gulf, which includes waters such as Active Pass (between Galiano ...
Nanaimo: 65 160 1981 Vancouver Island Spipiyus Provincial Park: PP Sunshine Coast: 2,979 7,360 1999 Southwest (South Coast) Sproat Lake Provincial Park: PP Alberni-Clayoquot: 43 110 1966 Vancouver Island Squitty Bay Provincial Park: PP qathet: 52 130 1988 Vancouver Island (Texada–Lasqueti Islands) St. Mary's Alpine Provincial Park: PP East ...
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.
It stretches 89 km (55 mi) from its head at the mouth of the short 18 km (11 mi) Skwawka River to its opening into the Strait of Georgia near Texada Island. It is the deepest fjord on the British Columbia coast with a maximum depth of 670 m (2,200 ft). [1] The inlet is made up of three arms or reaches: Prince of Wales Reach; Princess Royal Reach
[1] [3] She was originally named Texada Queen and was used on the Powell River-Blubber Bay route, serving her namesake Texada Island. She was renamed Tachek in 1977, and continued serving Texada Island until 1979 when the larger North Island Princess replaced her. Since then, she has served as an auxiliary vessel, providing additional capacity ...