Hardwicke Island

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| location = Johnstone Strait

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| country = Canada

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| country_admin_divisions = British Columbia

| country_admin_divisions_title_1 = Regional district

| country_admin_divisions_1 = Strathcona

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Hardwicke Island is an island in British Columbia, Canada, measuring approximately {{convert|78|km2}}.{{cite encyclopedia |title=Hardwicke Island |url=https://www.knowbc.com/limited/Books/Encyclopedia-of-BC/H/Hardwicke-Island |year=2002 |edition=e-book at KnowBC.com |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of British Columbia |editor-first=Daniel |editor-last=Francis |editor-link=Daniel Francis (historian) |publisher=Harbour Publishing |place=Madeira Park |isbn=1-55017-200-X |oclc=50539166 |url-access=limited |access-date=2021-12-06}}

Geography

Hardwicke Island lies directly off the coast of the village of Sayward and to the west of its neighbour West Thurlow Island. Hardwicke Island is located within Electoral Area C of the Strathcona Regional District.

Hardwicke Island is closely connected to the Bendickson, a Norwegian family who began logging operations on the island beginning in 1918, and who continued thereafter to live on or visit the island while growing fruit and vegetables there.[https://web.archive.org/web/20120402053323/http://www.gocampbellriver.com/discovery-islands/hardwicke-island] Go Campbell River.com Today, the island is base to the Hardwicke Transportation company which provides water taxi and small freight shipping services around the region.[http://www.hardwicketransportation.ca/] Hardwicke Transportation Company

History

The island was named after Philip Yorke, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke, a patron of the master's mate on HMS Discovery during the 18th century Vancouver Expedition.{{Cite book |last1=Akrigg |first1=G.P.V. |url=https://archive.org/details/britishcolumbiap0000akri_w1q9/page/105/mode/2up |title=British Columbia Place Names |last2=Akrigg |first2=Helen B. |publisher=UBC Press |year=1986 |isbn=0-7748-0636-2 |edition=3rd, 1997 |place=Vancouver |page=105 |access-date=2021-12-06 |url-access=registration}} The island is part of the Discovery Islands archipelago, named after the Discovery Passage, explored by Captain George Vancouver on the Discovery and so-named (the passage) by Captain Henry Kellett in 1847, to honour Captain Vancouver.{{Cite book |last1=Akrigg |first1=G.P.V. |url=https://archive.org/details/britishcolumbiap0000akri_w1q9/page/62/mode/2up |title=British Columbia Place Names |last2=Akrigg |first2=Helen B. |publisher=UBC Press |year=1986 |isbn=0-7748-0636-2 |edition=3rd, 1997 |place=Vancouver |page=62 |access-date=2021-12-06 |url-access=registration}}

References

External links

Category:Islands of the Discovery Islands

Category:Islands of British Columbia