West Redonda Island
| West Redonda Island | |
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| Waters | Salish Sea |
| Archipelago | Discovery Islands |
| Geographical location | 50 ° 13 ′ N , 124 ° 53 ′ W |
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| surface | 171 km² |
West Redonda Island is an island between the mainland of the Canadian province of British Columbia and Vancouver Island . It belongs to the Strathcona Regional District and is one of the Discovery Islands .
| Deer Passage → Raza Island | Pryce Channel → Mainland | Toba Inlet |
| Cortes Island |
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Waddington Channel → East Redonda Island |
| Lewis Channel → Cortes Island | Desolation sound | Desolation sound |
To the west of the island is Teakerne Arm Bay , which branches off from the Lewis Channel. There are also three Provincial Parks on the island , Roscoe Bay Provincial Park , Teakerne Arm Provincial Park and Walsh Cove Provincial Park .
history
The island was discovered in 1792 during an expedition by Dionisio Alcalá Galiano and Cayetano Valdés y Flores . They called it Isla Redonda , which means round island . They set up a base in the west of the island and explore the other islands with several smaller boats. While they anchored near the Teakerne Arm , two ships of George Vancouver's expedition were temporarily moored there .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ The Atlas of Canada. Sea Islands. Natural Resources Canada, archived from the original on January 22, 2013 ; accessed on September 28, 2015 .
- ^ 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. 639 (English).