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Carmanah Point, Pacific Rim National Park Reserve

Carmanah Point is the site of a historic light station in Pacific Rim National Park Reserve on the southwest coast of Vancouver Island that marks the entrance to the Strait of Juan de Fuca, about 65 miles (105 km) west-northwest of Victoria and 17 miles (27 km) northwest of Port Renfrew, British Columbia.

Blubber Bay, Texada Island

Blubber Bay is a community and an embayment on the northern tip of Texada Island, between the Strait of Georgia to the west and Malaspina Strait to the east, and the site of a historical shore whaling station and present-day limestone mine, about 76 miles (122 km) northwest of Vancouver and 5 miles (8 km) southwest of Powell River, British Columbia.

Osland, Smith Island

Osland was once an active fishing and boatbuilding community on the east coast of Smith Island at the mouth of the Skeena River, about 68 miles (109 km) southwest of Terrace and 14 miles (23 km) south-southeast of Prince Rupert, British Columbia.

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Kiltuish River, Gardner Canal

Kiltuish River, Gardner Canal

Kiltuish River originates in the Kitimat Ranges and flows about 16 miles (25 km) north to the Pacific Ocean at Kiltuish Inlet, an arm of Gardner Canal, about 103 miles (166 km) southeast of Prince Rupert and 51 miles (82 km) south of Kitimat, British Columbia.

FV Norseman, Princess Royal Channel

FV Norseman, Princess Royal Channel

The fishing vessel Norseman sank in June 1978 in Princess Royal Channel, approximately 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Butedale and 115 miles (185 km) southeast of Prince Rupert, British Columbia.

Bamfield, Barkley Sound

Bamfield, Barkley Sound

Bamfield is a community located on Barkley Sound on the west coast of Vancouver Island, 32 miles (52 km) southwest of Port Alberni and 20 miles (32 km) southeast of Ucluelet, British Columbia.

Tuck Narrows, Tuck Inlet

Tuck Narrows, Tuck Inlet

Tuck Narrows is located at the head of Tuck Inlet, about 6 miles (9.7 km) northeast of Prince Rupert, British Columbia.

Quarantine Cove, William Head

Quarantine Cove, William Head

Quarantine Cove is a bight on the northern shore of William Head, a peninsula near the southern tip of Vancouver Island on the north coast of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, located between Pedder Bay to the south and Parry Bay to the north, approximately 9.7 miles (15.6 km) east-southeast of Sooke and 9.6 miles (15.5 km) southwest of Victoria, British Columbia.

Skeena City, Khyex River

Skeena City, Khyex River

Skeena City is an abandoned community on the north shore of the Skeena River, at the mouth of the Khyex River, 22 miles (35 km) south-southeast of Prince Rupert, and 52 miles (84 km) southwest of Terrace, British Columbia.

Daykins Bay, Nitinat Lake

Daykins Bay, Nitinat Lake

Daykins Bay is on the southeastern shore of Nitinat Lake, approximately 7 miles (11 km) northeast of the outlet at Whyac and 6 miles (10 km) southwest from the Ditidaht village of Malachan, British Columbia.

Kitamaat Village, Kitimat Arm

Kitamaat Village, Kitimat Arm

Kitamaat Village is located on the eastern shore of the Kitimat Arm extension of Douglas Channel, about 71 miles (115 km) southeast of Prince Rupert and 6 miles (10 km) south of the community of Kitimat, British Columbia.

Bentinck Island, Cape Calver

Bentinck Island, Cape Calver

Bentinck Island is situated between Cape Calver and Race Rocks in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, approximately 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Sooke and 11 miles (18 km) southwest of Victoria, British Columbia.

Miners Bay, Mayne Island

Miners Bay, Mayne Island

Miners Bay is located on Mayne Island, on the southeast side of Active Pass which separates Galiano and Mayne Islands, about 14.5 miles (23 km) north-northeast of Sidney, British Columbia.

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