1. Bedwell Harbour
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After Edward Parker Bedwell, second master on HMS Plumper (1857-60). He was promoted to master in 1860 and subsequently served on HMS Hecate. |
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2. Pender Island / Hope Bay
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Hope Bay - After Rutherford Hope, who settled on the island around 1880. |
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3. Port Washington
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Port Washington - After Washington Grimmer (1851-1930), a native of London, England, who was the first postmaster on the island. |
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4. Thetis Island
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Thetis Island - After HMS Thetis, a thirty-sixgun frigate on the Pacific Station 1851-3. Several features in Esquimalt harbour are named after the ship, as is, presumably, Thetis Lake near Victoria. (See also Kuper Island.) |
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5. Gulf Islands National Park Reserve of Canada
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6. Hope Bay
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7. Otter Bay
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8. Pender Island 8
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9. Réserve de parc national du Canada des Îles-Gulf
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10. Mayne Island / Bennett Bay / Campbell Bay / Georgina Bay / Helen Point / Miners Bay / Prevost Island (Mayne Island, 8km)
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Bennett Bay named after Thomas and Alice Bennett, who settled here about 1879. Weary after a long journey from Scotland, Mrs. Bennett opined that they had arrived at 'the arse end of the world.' |
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11. Mayne Island 6 (Mayne Island, 8km)
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ACTIVE PASS, between Galiano I. and Mayne I. After the us survey ship Active, a paddle steamer of 750 tons with two guns, commanded by Lieutenant-Commander James Alden. |
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12. Montague Harbour (Mayne Island, 8km)
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13. Village Bay (Mayne Island, 8km)
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14. Saturna / Lyall Harbour / Narvaez Bay / Plumper Sound / Samuel Island / Saturna Island / Tumbo Island (Saturna, 6km)
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Lyall Harbour - After Dr. David Lyall, surgeon on HM survey ship Plumper, 1857-9. |
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15. Saturna Island 7 (Saturna, 6km)
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16. Deep Cove (Sidney, 17km)
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17. Satellite Channel Ecological Reserve (Sidney, 17km)
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Satellite Channel - After HMS Satellite, on this coast 1857-60 under Captain J.C. Prevost, a commissioner for establishing the maritime boundary between the British territory and the United States. |
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18. Sidney (Town) / Coles Bay / Gooch Island / Patricia Bay / Piers Island / Portland Island / Roberts Point (Sidney, 17km)
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Coles Bay after John Coles, who first came to British Columbia in 1851 as a midshipman on HMS Thetis. |
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19. Swartz Bay (Sidney, 17km)
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Swartz Bay - This should be Swart's Bay, it being named after John Aaron Swart, who purchased land in the vicinity of the bay in 1876. |
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20. Cole Bay 3 (North Saanich, 18km)
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21. North Saanich (District) (North Saanich, 18km)
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22. North Saanich Land District (North Saanich, 18km)
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23. Refuge d'oiseaux de Shoal-Harbour (North Saanich, 18km)
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24. Shoal Harbour Bird Sanctuary (North Saanich, 18km)
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25. Union Bay 4 (North Saanich, 18km)
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