1. Blubber Bay / Marshall Point
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Once a rendezvous for whaling ships. Back around 1890 Elijah Fader used to cut up whales in this bay. |
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2. Van Anda
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Van Anda - For a great many years the post office here was mistakenly listed as Vananda. |
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3. Ahpokum 9 (Powell River, 9km)
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4. Brew Bay (Powell River, 9km)
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5. Copeland Islands Marine Park (Powell River, 9km)
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6. Cranberry (Powell River, 9km)
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7. Duck Lake Protected Area (Powell River, 9km)
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8. Inland Lake Park (Powell River, 9km)
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9. Klahoose 1 (Powell River, 9km)
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10. Lang Bay (Powell River, 9km)
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11. Myrtle Point (Powell River, 9km)
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12. Okeover Arm Park (Powell River, 9km)
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13. Powell River (City) / Harwood Island / Haslam Lake / Lois Lake / Scotch Fir Point / Smith Range (Powell River, 9km)
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Harwood Island - Named by Vancouver, who gave no indication as to whom Harwood might be. Captain Walbran believed that the man in question was Edward Harwood, naval surgeon and numismatics enthusiast, who died in 1814. |
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14. Quaniwsom 2 (Powell River, 9km)
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15. Sabine Channel Marine Park (Powell River, 9km)
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Sabine Channel - Named in 1861 in honour of Major-General Edward Sabine, president of the Royal Society, an expert in magnetic research. |
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16. Saltery Bay Park (Powell River, 9km)
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17. Sechelt Band Lands (Cokqueneets) 23 (Powell River, 9km)
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18. Sliammon (Powell River, 9km)
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19. Wildwood (Powell River, 9km)
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20. Gillies Bay / Harwood Point Park (Gillies Bay, 10km)
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Gillies Bay - Local tradition has it that Gillies was a very Kennedy, who had been Governor of Vancouver Island at the time of Lord Gilford's visit. |
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21. Marshall School Junction (Gillies Bay, 10km)
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22. Texada Island Land District (Gillies Bay, 10km)
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Texada Island - The Spanish navigator Eliza shows Isla de Texada on his chart of 1791. The island had been named after Felix de Tejada (or Texada), a Spanish rear-admiral. |