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Kayaking / Canoeing Attractions In Galiano Island

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Galiano Island is one of the Southern Gulf Islands between Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada. Located on the west side of the Strait of Georgia, it is 27.5 km long, 6 km at its widest point, and 1.6 km across at its narrowest point and is separated from Saltspring Island by Trincomali Channel. 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, and has a population of 1044 inhabitants.Named after the Spanish explorer Dionisio Alcalá G...
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  • 1. Gulf Island Kayaking Galiano Island
    The Gulf Islands are the islands in the Strait of Georgia , between Vancouver Island and the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. According to BC Geographical Names the name Gulf Islands was originally intended and commonly understood to refer to the archipelago at the southern end of the Strait of Georgia—from Gabriola Island in the north to Saturna Island in the southeast and D'Arcy Island in the southwest. During the 1990s, however, the name began to be applied to all the islands in the Strait of Georgia, resulting in the introduction of the term Southern Gulf Islands, which BCGNIS calls a misnomer, to distinguish the original Gulf Islands from the rest, which are sometimes called the Northern Gulf Islands. BCGNIS further notes that Quadra Island is increasingly described as the nort...
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