Gil Island
| Gil Island | ||
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| Waters | Pacific Ocean | |
| Geographical location | 53 ° 11 ′ N , 129 ° 15 ′ W | |
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| length | 26 km | |
| surface | 236 km² | |
Gil Island is a basically uninhabited island in the Canadian province of British Columbia and was named after the Spanish captain Jacinto Caamaño in 1792 . It is located in the Hecate Strait between Pitt Island in the west and Princess Royal Island in the east. To the northeast is Gribbell Island , while to the southwest is Campania Island . The island is 26 km long, between 6 and 13 km wide and has a total area of 236 km². Large killer whales , among others, are native to the surrounding waters . Like most of the islands in the northern coastal area of the province, it is counted as part of the Great Bear Rainforest .
On March 22, 2006 , a BC Ferries ferry , the Queen of the North , sank near Gil Island .
Web links
- Gil Island . In: BC Geographical Names (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Andrew Scott: The Encyclopedia of Raincoast Place Names: A Complete Reference to Coastal British Columbia . Harbor Publishing, Madeira Park, BC 2009, ISBN 978-1-55017-484-7 , pp. 220 (English).
- ^ The Atlas of Canada. Sea Islands. Natural Resources Canada, archived from the original on January 22, 2013 ; accessed on September 28, 2015 .