Pirates Cove Marine Provincial Park
Encyclopedia
Pirates Cove Marine Provincial Park is a provincial park
on De Courcy Island
in British Columbia
, Canada
. It is named for the swindler Brother XII
who had a cult on the Island.
Provincial park
A provincial park is a park under the management of a provincial or territorial government in Canada.While provincial parks are not the same as national parks, their workings are very similar...
on De Courcy Island
De Courcy Island
De Courcy Island is one of the Gulf Islands located in the Northumberland Channel approximately south-east of Nanaimo, British Columbia and approximately south-west of Vancouver, British Columbia...
in British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
, 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...
. It is named for the swindler Brother XII
Brother XII
Edward Arthur Wilson, better known as Brother XII, was a notorious English mystic who founded a spiritual community in the Pacific Northwest near Canada's Nanaimo region in the late 1920s.-History:...
who had a cult on the Island.