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Lucy Islands, Chatham Sound

Lucy Islands is a small group of islets and reefs situated 26 miles (42 km) south of the Alaska border at the intersection of Brown Passage and Chatham Sound, about 83 miles (134 km) southeast of Ketchikan and 12 miles (19 km) west of Prince Rupert, British Columbia.

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.

Cape Beale, Barkley Sound

Cape Beale is the site of a historic lighthouse marking the southern entrance to Barkley Sound on the west coast of Vancouver Island in Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, about 89 miles (143 km) west-northwest of Victoria and 4.7 miles (7.6 km) southwest of Bamfield, British Columbia.

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Dodd Narrows, Mudge Island

Dodd Narrows, Mudge Island

Dodd Narrows is at the northwest end of Mudge Island separating Mudge Island from Vancouver Island, about 33 miles (53 km) southwest of Vancouver and 6 miles (9.7 km) southeast of Nanaimo, British Columbia.

Gonzales Bay, Victoria

Gonzales Bay, Victoria

Gonzales Bay is on Vancouver Island and the northern shore of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, situated between Ross Bay to the west and McNeill Bay to the east, and is also the name of a neighborhood about 1.4 miles (2.3 km) southwest of Oak Bay and 2 miles (3.2 km) southeast of downtown Victoria, British Columbia.

James Island, Southern Gulf Islands

James Island, Southern Gulf Islands

James Island is one of the Southern Gulf Islands located in Haro Strait between Cordova Channel to the west and Sidney Channel to the east, about 12 miles (19 km) north of Victoria and 4 miles (6.5 km) southeast of Sidney, British Columbia.

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.

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