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Protection Island (B.C.)


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    • n-cn-bc

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    • Douglas Island (B.C. : Protection Island)

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    • found: Work cat.: McMillan, A. The woods : a year on Protection Island, 2016(The author recounts the year she and her family spent on Protection Island, off the coast of Nanaimo, BC, including the people they met and lived amongst)
    • found: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Oct. 31, 2018(Protection Island, island, Nanaimo Land District, British Columbia, 49°10ʹ44ʺN, 123°55ʹ12ʺW, decimal: 49.178889, -123.92; also lists another island with same name in Sayward Land District, British Columbia; also lists two islands in B.C. named Douglas Island, including one in Nanaimo Land District at 49°18ʹ40ʺN, 124°9ʹ11ʺW, decimal 49.311111, -124.153056)
    • found: Wikipedia, Oct. 31, 2018:Protection Island (Nanaimo) (Protection Island is a small island located 1.5 km north-east of downtown Nanaimo, British Columbia)
    • found: Visit Protection Island, via Tourism Nanaimo website, Oct. 31, 2018(Protection Island; Formerly known as Douglas Island, after James Douglas the first Governor of Vancouver Island and British Columbia, it was renamed Protection Island in 1960; 350 full time residents on Protection Island, many of whom work or go to school in town and commute by boat, ferry, or kayak every day)

  • Editorial Notes

    • [Undifferentiated name heading. Covers all islands named Protection Island in British Columbia, Canada.]

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  • Change Notes

    • 2018-10-31: new
    • 2019-01-24: revised

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