Denny Island (Canada)
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Denny Island is an island
on the Central Coast of British Columbia
, Canada
, just east of the community of Bella Bella
, aka Waglisla, on Campbell Island
. Denny Island is the location of Old Bella Bella
, now mainly abandoned but home to Canadian Coast Guard and Fisheries & Oceans bases, and the locality of Shearwater
, home to Shearwater Marine. Denny Island has a population of 138.
Island
An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...
on the Central Coast of British Columbia
British Columbia Coast
The British Columbia Coast or BC Coast is Canada's western continental coastline on the Pacific Ocean. The usage is synonymous with the term West Coast of Canada....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, just east of the community of Bella Bella
Bella Bella, British Columbia
Bella Bella, also known as Waglisla, is an unincorporated community and Indian Reserve community located within Bella Bella Indian Reserve No. 1 on the east coast of Campbell Island in the Central Coast region of British Columbia, Canada. Bella Bella is located north of Port Hardy, on Vancouver...
, aka Waglisla, on Campbell Island
Campbell Island (British Columbia)
Campbell Island is an island in the Canadian province of British Columbia, located west of Denny Island and north of Hunter Island, near Milbanke Sound. The Inside Passage waterways of Lama Pass and Seaforth Channel meet at the northern end of Campbell Island....
. Denny Island is the location of Old Bella Bella
Old Bella Bella, British Columbia
Old Bella Bella was and is a community on Denny Island, British Columbia, Canada. Today the town "Bella Bella" generally refers to "New Bella Bella". Although the original town does no longer exist, there are a number of resorts and hotels that are located on Denny Island Such as the Shearwater...
, now mainly abandoned but home to Canadian Coast Guard and Fisheries & Oceans bases, and the locality of Shearwater
Shearwater, British Columbia
Shearwater is a community in coastal British Columbia. It is located three miles from Bella Bella on Denny Island. It is part of the Heiltsuk First Nation.- History :...
, home to Shearwater Marine. Denny Island has a population of 138.
Name origin
"Also Denny Rock, Queen Charlotte Sound. Named c1866 by Captain Pender, after Lieutenant D'Arcy Anthony Denny, commander on this station 1866-68, HM gunboat Forward, being succeeded in June of the latter year by Lieutenant T.H. Larcom. (Victoria Colonist, 16 June 1868). Entered the service, 1850; lieutenant, 1858; commanding paddle gunboat CoromandelHMS CoromandelFour ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Coromandel, after the Coromandel Coast of India: was a 56-gun fourth rate, previously the ex-Indiaman Winterton...
, China, 1864; commander, 1868; served on SE coast of South America in command of gun vessel Dart, 1872-76; appointed to the Coast Guard service on his return to England, 1876, where he remained until his death in 1883."