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Galiano Island is one of the Southern Gulf Islands between Vancouver Island and the mainland Pacific coast of British Columbia, Canada. Located in the Strait of Georgia, it is 27.5 kilometres long, 6 km at its widest point, and 1.6 km across at its narrowest point. On the western side of the island there are a series of sandstone caves. The island is northwest of Mayne Island, northeast of Saltspring Island and southeast of Valdes Island. It is part of the Capital Regional District Electoral Area G. Image File history File links GalianoMap. ...
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Map showing the location of the Southern Gulf Islands The Gulf Islands is the name collectively given to the islands in the Strait of Georgia between Vancouver Island and the mainland Pacific coast of British Columbia, Canada. ...
Vancouver Island is separated from mainland British Columbia by the Strait of Georgia and the Queen Charlotte Strait, and from Washington by the Juan De Fuca Strait. ...
Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Official languages English de facto (none stated in law) Flower Pacific dogwood Tree Western Redcedar Bird Stellers Jay Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Lieutenant-Governor Iona Campagnolo Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Parliamentary representation - House seats - Senate seats 36 6 Area...
Strait of Georgia at sunset The Strait of Georgia (also known as Georgia Strait and the Gulf of Georgia) is a 240 km (150 mi)-long strait between Vancouver Island (as well as its nearby Gulf Islands) and the mainland Pacific coast of British Columbia, Canada. ...
Village Bay, Mayne Islands ferry dock Active Pass Mayne Island is a rustic 21-square-kilometre island in the southern Gulf Islands chain of British Columbia. ...
Saltspring Island Saltspring Island is the largest, most populated, and most visited of the Gulf Islands chain of British Columbia, Canada. ...
The Southern Gulf Islands Electoral Area (Elctoral Area G) of the Capital Regional District (CRD) of the Canadian Province of British Columbia consists of unincorporated districts in the CRD located on Galiano, Saturna, Mayne, and North and South Pender Islands, as well as many smaller islands located in the Gulf...
Named after the Spanish explorer Dionisio Alcalá-Galiano, who explored the area in 1792, the island is twinned with his home city - Cabra in Córdoba province, Spain. Galiano was long inhabited by aboriginal people from a Coast Salish nation. Midden pits at Montague Harbour suggest 3000 years of inhabitance. According to the 2001 Canadian census, Galiano Island has 1,071 full-time residents. Industries of the past were logging and fishing, although today tourism and the arts are the most common methods of employment. Dionisio Alcala-Galiano was a Spanish explorer who discovered Galiano Island. ...
1792 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
Cabra is a municipalitiy in the province of Córdoba, AndalucÃa, Spain. ...
Córdoba Province may refer to: Córdoba Province, Argentina Córdoba Province, Spain This is a disambiguation page — a list of articles associated with the same title. ...
The Coast Salish are a group of Salishan-speaking First Nations/Native American in British Columbia and Washington. ...
Government
Government bodies that oversee the island include Federal, Provincial and Regional agencies as well as the Islands Trust whose mandate is to establish land-use bylaws to "preserve and protect" the island, most notably in terms of development. For most of the twentieth century roughly half of the land on Galiano was owned by the logging firm MacMillan Bloedel. As a result, Galiano was not as extensively developed as neighboring islands. When the firm sold its holdings on Galiano, debate about development issues sharpend, and the Islands Trust set minimum lot sizes to limit development. System of government Canada is a constitutional monarchy as a Commonwealth Realm (see Monarchy in Canada) with a federal system of parliamentary government, and strong democratic traditions. ...
The Executive Council of British Columbia (informally and more commonly, the Cabinet of British Columbia) is the cabinet of the Canadian province. ...
MacMillan Bloedel Limited, sometimes referred to as MacBlo, was a huge forestry company headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia. ...
Local elections are held every three years to determine who will be the island's 2 Trustees.
Access Galiano Island is accessible by vehicle via BC Ferries; the terminal is situated at Sturdies Bay, in the southeast corner of the island. This vehicle and passenger scheduled ferry service runs from Tsawwassen (Vancouver) on the mainland and Swartz Bay (Victoria) on Vancouver Island. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2288x1712, 1635 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Galiano Island Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it. ...
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British Columbia Ferry Services Inc. ...
British Columbia Ferry Services Inc. ...
Tsawwassen is a neighbourhood in the southwestern part of the Corporation of Delta. ...
This article refers to the city in British Columbia, Canada. ...
Swartz Bay is the major ferry terminal near Victoria Canada. ...
Victoria is a Canadian city, and it is the capital of the province of British Columbia. ...
Moorage is available at several public wharfs for boat traffic. Harbour Air and SeaAir also operate scheduled sea planes to Montague Harbour. Categories: Airline stubs | Airlines of Canada ...
Ferries from Swartz Bay (Victoria) and Tsawwassen (Vancouver) arrive at Sturdies Bay, the most densely populated part of the island. The Pride of Rotterdam, One of the P&O Ferriess Flagships operating the Hull-Rotterdam Route A ferry is a boat or a ship carrying passengers, and sometimes their vehicles, on scheduled services. ...
Swartz Bay is the major ferry terminal near Victoria Canada. ...
Tsawwassen is a neighbourhood in the southwestern part of the Corporation of Delta. ...
Shops and restaurants on Galiano Island are mostly in the Sturdies Bay area. Galiano Island, like other Gulf Islands, is known for the work of its artists and craftspeople.
Montague Harbour Provincial Park Montague Harbour is one of the most popular parks in the Gulf Islands, its campground is especially popular during the summer. The park includes a boat launch, nature house and hiking trails. The park is a haven for true British Columbian campers and tourists alike. It is unique for its Shell Beach, which is a west-facing beach with worn shells covering the whole expanse of the beach instead of sand.
Montague has a huge variety of animals and plants, including the arbutus tree, herons and cormorants. The island of Galiano alone has hundreds of different birds, many of which can be seen in Montague. Species See text. ...
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For other uses, see Cormorant (disambiguation). ...
Orders Many - see section below. ...
Montague Harbour is popular with the recreational boating community; the harbour is often crowded with yachts and sailboats during the warmer months June, July, and August. Kayaking is also a favourite activity in the waters off the park. It is not uncommon to paddle within metres of wildlife, such as seals and otters. And after a few hours paddling around one can visit a boat that sells fresh baked goods to boaters in the harbour. A modern yacht A yacht (From Dutch Jacht meaning hunt) was originally defined as a light, fast sailing vessel used by the Dutch navy to pursue pirates and other transgressors around and into the shallow waters of the Low Countries. ...
Diagram of Sailboat, in this case a typical monohull sloop with a bermuda or marconi rig. ...
Kayaking is the use of a kayak for moving across water. ...
Beaches
 The view north along the shores of Shell Beach. The white of the shells can be seen in the distance. There are several beaches along the shorelines of the island. Pebble Beach is a beach with large pebbles in place of sand (not to be confused with the California community and golf course Pebble Beach). The pebbles, after sitting under the sun for hours, help not only warm up the water when the tide rises but warm the beach goers as they lie directly on them. Morning Beach is a beach on the north side of the island. The beach is the only one on the island to have pristine fine grey sand instead of coarse sand or shells. Cable Bay is small beach popular with locals for its seclusion. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (960x1280, 506 KB) Summary Description: Shell Beach, Montague Park Source: self-made Date: 2006-04-16 Author: George Frankson Permission: Free for use within the public domain Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (960x1280, 506 KB) Summary Description: Shell Beach, Montague Park Source: self-made Date: 2006-04-16 Author: George Frankson Permission: Free for use within the public domain Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...
Pebble Beach is a small town located on the Pacific coast in northern California. ...
People Born on Galiano Island Official Portrait of the Hon. ...
External links Coordinates: 48°55′N 123°25′W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...
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