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Gibsons, BC (Nearby: Gambier Harbour, New Brighton, Langdale, Williamsons Landing, Eastbourne)

400 Gower Point Rd
Gibsons, British Columbia
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British Columbia Tourism Region : Vancouver, Coast, & Mountains

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Gambier Island - After Admiral of the Fleet James, Lord Gambier (1756-1833).
As captain of HMS Defence, he took part in the victory of 'The Glorious First of June' in 1794, in which he demonstrated that the puritanical regime that he imposed on his crew did not keep them from fighting effectively.
In 1807 he became Commander-in-Chief of the Baltic Fleet and bombarded Copenhagen into surrender in the same year.
In 1809 Gambier tarnished his honour at the Battle of Aix Roads by refusing to bring his big ships of the line into action after Lord Cochrane, finest of frigate captains, had scattered and demoralized the French in a preliminary attack with fireships.
With permission from G.P.V and Helen B. Akrigg 1997 British Columbia Place Names. UBC Press.

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Nearby:	New Brighton, 1km Langdale, 3km Williamsons Landing, 3km Eastbourne, 5km Plumper Cove Marine Park, 5km Hopkins Landing, 4km Schaltuuch 27, 5km Mount Gardner, 6km Keats Island, 6km Chekwelp 26A, 5km Twin Creeks, 6km Granthams Landing, 6km Chekwelp 26, 6km Pasley Island, 8km Seaside Park, 9km Port Mellon, 9km Bowen Bay, 10km	Camp ~ Mount Artaban, 8km Ekins Point, 10km Kaikalahun 25, 10km Halkett Bay Marine Park, 8km Elphinstone, 9km Bowen Island Ecological Reserve, 11km McNab Creek, 12km Snug Cove, 10km Seymour Landing, 12km Millers Landing, 10km Apodaca Park, 12km Cowans Point, 13km Refuge d'oiseaux de l'îlot Christie, 11km Christie Islet Bird Sanctuary, 11km Anvil Island, 13km Whytecliff, 14km Gleneagles, 14km	Mount Elphinstone Park, 13km Horseshoe Bay / Hood Point / Queen Charlotte Channel, 15km Brunswick Beach, 13km Sunset Beach, 14km Eagle Harbour / Fisherman's Cove, 16km Strachan Creek, 15km Kwum Kwum, 19km Caulfeild, 17km Defence Island 28, 19km Cypress Park, 18km Sandy Cove, 18km Roberts Creek / Mount Elphinstone, 16km Cypress Park, 17km Tetrahedron Park, 21km Porteau Cove Park, 19km Porteau, 19km
Nearby Lakes and Mountains:	Carmichael Peak, 4km Mount Killam, 6km Mount Liddell, 7km Mount Gardner, 8km Gambier Lake, 8km Honeymoon Lake, 7km Killarney Lake, 8km Grafton Lake, 9km Mount Artaban, 7km Josephine Lake, 10km Mount Elphinstone, 8km Mount Collins, 8km Leading Peak, 14km Mount Varley, 19km Panther Peak, 17km Mount Wrottesley, 19km Whyte Lake, 14km	Dick Lake, 16km Thirtynine Mountain, 23km Tetrahedron Peak, 21km Owen Lake, 16km Black Mountain, 16km Chapman Lake, 20km Mount Ellesmere, 22km Yew Lake, 17km Hat Mountain, 17km Unnecessary Mountain, 17km Deeks Lake, 18km Brunswick Mountain, 17km Mount Harvey, 17km Deeks Lakes, 18km Mount Steele, 22km Mount Strachan, 18km Deeks Peak, 19km	Brennan Lakes, 25km The Lions, 18km Hollyburn Mountain, 19km Edwards Lake, 22km Mount Windsor, 20km Sechelt Lake, 28km Mount Hanover, 19km Henriette Lake, 27km Mount Crucil, 22km Sylvia Lake, 28km Gilbert Lake, 23km Enchantment Lake, 19km Mount Donaldson, 30km Batchelor Lake, 23km Smithe Lake, 30km Slippery Lake, 30km

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