by CoastView | Aug 19, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Natural History
James Island is one of the Southern Gulf Islands lying in Haro Strait, approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) off the coast of Vancouver Island, and 12 miles (19 km) north of Victoria, British Columbia. The island was named in 1858 by Captain George Henry Richards on the...
by CoastView | Aug 14, 2023 | 2023, British Columbia, Historical, Natural History, Rivers
Millstream Creek is a salmon-bearing stream that drains a watershed with an area of 6,424 acres (2,600 ha) of lakes and wetlands over a distance of 8 miles (12.5 km) before it flows into a tidal estuary in Esquimalt Harbour, about 4.8 miles (7.7 km) northwest of...
by CoastView | Aug 9, 2023 | 2023, British Columbia, Communities, Developments, Embayments
Turkey Head is a small peninsula that forms a natural harbour on the southern shore of Oak Bay, 3 miles (4.8 km) east of downtown Victoria, British Columbia. Since 1906, Oak Bay is also the name of a municipality surrounding the bay and a member of the Capital...
by CoastView | Aug 2, 2023 | 2023, British Columbia, Headlands, Islands, Lighthouses
Helen Point is located on the northwestern corner of Mayne Island and has a light and range marker to aid navigation through Active Pass, about 32 miles (52 km) southwest of Vancouver and 14.5 miles (23 km) north-northeast of Sidney, British Columbia. Helen Point...
by CoastView | Jul 27, 2023 | 2026, British Columbia, Embayments, Historical, Islands, July 2026, Land Use, Lighthouses, Natural History
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/PorlierPass.mp3 Porlier Pass separates Valdes Island to the north from Galiano Island to the south in the Southern Gulf Islands of Georgia Strait, about 28 miles (45 km) southwest of Vancouver...
by CoastView | Jul 21, 2023 | 2026, British Columbia, Developments, Embayments, Historical, July 2026, Land Use
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/EsquimaltHarbour-1.mp3 Esquimalt Harbour is a sheltered embayment on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, about 21 miles (34 km) north of Port Angeles, Washington, and 3 miles (4.8 km)...
