Triquet Island
{{Short description|Island in British Columbia, Canada}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox Island
|name=Triquet Island
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|location=Pacific Ocean, on Canada's southern west coast.
|coordinates={{Coord|51|48|N|128|15|W|type:isle_scale:10|display=inline,title}}
|area_km2=1.44
|elevation_m=49
|country=Canada
|country_admin_divisions_title=Province
|country_admin_divisions=British Columbia
|population=0
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Triquet Island is an island off the west coast of British Columbia, Canada.{{Cite web|url=http://www.geonames.org/6169031/triquet%20island.html|title=GeoNames.org|website=www.geonames.org|language=en|access-date=2017-04-10}} It is south of Hunter and Campbell Islands facing the open Queen Charlotte Sound to the west. The island is administered as part of the Central Coast Regional District. The climate of the area is temperate. Average annual temperature is approximately {{cvt|6.9|C|F}}.{{Cite web|url=https://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/dataset_index.php|title=Browse datasets {{!}} NASA Earth Observations (NEO)|date=2017-04-10|website=Browse datasets {{!}} NASA Earth Observations (NEO)|language=en|access-date=2017-04-10}}
A village discovered in 2017 on Triquet Island by an archaeological team from the University of Victoria appears to verify local First Nation oral history that humans took refuge on Pacific Coast islands during the ice age.{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/archeological-find-affirms-heiltsuk-nation-s-oral-history-1.4046088|title=14,000-year-old archeological find affirms Heiltsuk Nation's ice age history|work=CBC News|access-date=2017-04-10|language=en}} A hearth excavated at the site was determined by radiocarbon dating to be between 13,613 and 14,086 years old, making it one of the oldest settlements in North America.{{Cite news|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/one-oldest-north-american-settlements-found-180962750/|title=Found: One of the Oldest North American Settlements|last=Katz|first=Brigit|work=Smithsonian|access-date=2018-01-09|language=en}}{{Cite news|url=https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/heiltsuk-first-nation-village-among-oldest-in-north-america-archeologists|title=Heiltsuk First Nation village among oldest in North America: Archeologists|date=2017-03-28|work=Vancouver Sun|access-date=2018-01-10|language=en-US}}