Lighthouse Park was historically called Point Atkinson, a headland that together with Point Grey to the south, defines the entrance to Burrard Inlet, a fjord incising the lower mainland of British Columbia, about 33 miles (53 km) northeast of Nanaimo and 8 miles (13 km) northwest of downtown Vancouver, British Columbia.

Discovery Island is part of a group of islands in Oak Bay off the southeastern tip of Vancouver Island at Sea Bird Point, about 17 miles (27 km) southeast of Sidney and 6.5 miles (10.5 km) east of downtown Victoria, British Columbia.

Green Island is part of the Dundas Island Archipelago situated on the west side of Chatham Sound and is the site of a historic lighthouse, about 65 miles (105 km) south-southeast of Ketchikan and 24 miles (39 km) northwest of Prince Rupert, British Columbia.