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    Gilford Island

    Île Gilford, Gwa’yas’dums

    50°44′N 126°20′W

    Gilford Island is an island in British Columbia, Canada, between Tribune Channel and Knight Inlet. It has an area of 384 square kilometres (148 sq mi). Turnour Island is to its south, across Tribune Channel; and the entrance to Thompson Sound is to its east.

    Gwayasdums (Health Bay) on Gilford Island in the Broughton Archipelago, British Columbia, Canada, is the main village of the Kwikwasut'inuxw Haxwa'mis First Nation.
    Gwayasdums (Health Bay) on Gilford Island in the Broughton Archipelago, British Columbia, Canada, is the main village of the Kwikwasut'inuxw Haxwa'mis First Nation.

    David Stanley / CC BY 2.0

    Terrain

    50°44′N 126°20′W

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    Overview

    Gilford Island is an island in British Columbia, Canada, between Tribune Channel and Knight Inlet. It has an area of 384 square kilometres (148 sq mi). Turnour Island is to its south, across Tribune Channel; and the entrance to Thompson Sound is to its east. Port Elizabeth is a large bay or port on the island's south side, at 50°40′26″N 126°28′29″W. It was named by Captain Pender about 1867 for Elizabeth Henrietta, wife of Lord Gilford and daughter or Sir Arthur E. Kennedy, Governor of Vancouver Island at the time HMS Tribune was assigned to the Pacific Station, 1862–1864, under Lord Gilford's command. Gilford Point at 50°39′06″N 126°26′26″W marks the south side of the entrance to Port Elizabeth. Duck Cove at 50°39′42″N 126°31′18″W is at the head of the port. Maple Cove, formerly Maple Bay, is on the port's north side at 50°40′43″N 126°27′45″W

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    Nearest islands

    Also in Broughton Archipelago

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    Facts

    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
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    • Wikipedia

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