22-468: 49°32′0″N 124°50′0″W / 49.53333°N 124.83333°W / 49.53333; -124.83333 Baynes Sound is the channel between Denman Island and Vancouver Island , British Columbia , Canada. The sound is a narrow western offshoot of the Strait of Georgia that separates Vancouver Island from the mainland of British Columbia. The area is actively harvested by the local oyster industry, as
44-447: A broadleaf evergreen species, is plentiful. Broadleaf deciduous trees include bigleaf maple , red alder , black cottonwood , Pacific flowering dogwood , cascara and several species of willow . Populations of Garry oak occur on the southern end of the island and at Helliwell Provincial Park. Only about 260 acres (1.1 km ) of undisturbed stands for older forest have been identified on Hornby Island, which amount to roughly 3.5% of
66-637: A community school, an Anglican church and the Arts Centre. There is also a hardware store, craft store and Abraxas Book Gifts, a book and gift store and coffee shop. Around the corner on Piercy Road is the Denman Island Health Centre. A number of potters, weavers and painters have made Denman Island their home for decades. The island has a land area of 51.03 square kilometres (19.70 sq mi). The author Emily St. John Mandel spent most of her childhood on Denman Island, and modeled much of
88-574: A large wetland in the middle of the island. Regular ferry service links Denman Island to both Hornby Island from Gravelly Bay on the east side of Denman and across Baynes Sound via the MV Baynes Sound Connector cable ferry to Buckley Bay on Vancouver Island on the west side. The Village of Denman consists of one general store and Post Office, two community halls and a museum, the Dora Drinkwater Volunteer Library,
110-428: A loamy sand (Kye-Qualicum complex or Bowser series) on which arbutus is frequently present near the shore. Poorly drained depressions are mapped as Tolmie loam, Parksville sandy loam, or Arrowsmith peat. An infectious disease among Pacific oysters was identified in 1960 off Denman Island. The disease causes visible yellow/green pustules on the body and adductor muscles of the oysters therefore reducing marketability of
132-694: A location on the South Coast of British Columbia , Canada is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Denman Island Denman Island , (also known by Sla-dai-aich or Taystayic, in the Comox language ), is one of the Northern Gulf Islands and part of the Comox Valley Regional District of British Columbia , Canada . It is a member of the Islands Trust group of islands and
154-431: A soil survey published in 1959. All of the island's soils are strongly acidic in their natural state except for those which have developed on shoreline shell middens. The Late Cretaceous Northumberland Formation is exposed in the northern and western part of the island. Fossil collectors have found ammonite and baculite fossils at Boulder Point on Hornby Island. A species of saurodontid fish (previously considered
176-490: Is also a popular mountain biking destination, with a variety of designated trails in Mount Geoffrey Regional Nature Park , Mount Geoffrey Escarpment Provincial Park and Crown Land. The total land area is 29.92 square kilometres (11.55 sq mi), of which 40% is parkland. The island is geographically distinctive as it was formed by post-glacial rebound with the retreat of the last ice age. Before
198-491: Is apparent by an abundance of oyster farms . It produces 39% of the oysters and 55% of the manila clams farmed in British Columbia. The sound is 40 km (25 mi) long and is 3.5 km (2.2 mi) wide at its widest point, although the average width is less than 2 km (1.2 mi). The southern boundary lies around Chrome Island , a small island off Boyle Point, the southern tip of Denman. The northern boundary
220-487: Is home to a small community of 1391 year-round residents. Denman Island was first inhabited by Indigenous peoples including the Pentlatch and Sliammon as evidenced by middens, gravesites, and oral history. The site most recently occupied by Pentlatch people named the island PUNCHLATT. In 1862 smallpox epidemic severely reduced its population and the survivors moved to join the K'ómoks people in nearby Comox . The Island
242-498: Is less defined, but lies between Tree Island at the northern end of Denman and the Comox harbour. The sound is dotted with the small communities of (north to south) Royston , Union Bay , Buckley Bay , Mud Bay , Fanny Bay , and Deep Bay on Vancouver Island. The crossing is served by the British Columbia Ferry Services Inc. ship MV Baynes Sound Connector , between Buckley Bay and Denman Island. Baynes Sound
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#1732869474839264-520: Is named after British Rear Admiral Robert L. Baynes , who commanded the Pacific Squadron from 1857 to 1860. Baynes Sound is the home of Vancouver Island University Center for Shellfish Research's Deep Bay Marine Field Station . Baynes Sound is the safest route by boats into Comox Harbour, avoiding the shallow Comox Bar between Denman Island and the Comox Peninsula. This article about
286-472: Is one of the two northernmost Gulf Islands , the other being Denman Island . It is located near Vancouver Island's Comox Valley , A small community of 1,225 residents (as of the 2021 census ), Hornby is home to many artists, retired professionals, small business owners, remote workers, and young families who share a love of rural island life. Over the past 30 years, the island has become a coveted destination and its population easily quadruples in size during
308-648: The Baynes Sound Coal Mine on the Tsable River, across Baynes Sound from Denman Island. Mine construction started in 1873 and coal was shipped in 1876. Several large families migrated to Denman Island from Eastern Canada in1876 including the McFarlane, Piercy and Graham families. After being briefly in production the Baynes Sound mine closed in 1877 and mine surveyor David Pickles moved to Denman Island, preempting
330-615: The arrival of European settlers, the island was inhabited by the Pentlatch, a Coast Salish First Nations band who called the Island Ja-dai-aich, meaning The Outer Island. The island was found and named Isla de Lerena during the 1791 voyage of the Spanish ship Santa Saturnina , under Juan Carrasco and José María Narváez . The name honors the Spanish Finance Minister, Don Pedro López de Lerena, Count of Lerena, who supported
352-454: The fictional Delano Island in her novel Station Eleven after it. The western part of Denman Island is covered by a dense forest dominated by Douglas fir , western hemlock , and western red cedar on deep loamy glacial till or marine deposits mapped as Royston gravelly loam or Tolmie-Merville complex. Some areas have shallow soils over sedimentary rock and are mapped as Haslam shaly loam or Rough Stony-Haslam complex. The eastern part has
374-432: The island's area. There are roughly 1,330 acres (540 ha) of older second-growth stands on the island, which amount to 19% of the island. The island's soils have developed from marine deposits of variable texture, except for the higher elevations and steeper slopes where weathered clastic sedimentary rock provides the parent material. Most of Hornby's soils are sandy or gravelly, but some deep black loams occur in
396-519: The movement of Spanish Ships over there. In 1850 the British renamed it after Rear Admiral Phipps Hornby , then Commander of the Pacific Station . Hornby Island is mostly covered by mixed forest dominated by Douglas-fir . Western red cedar , western hemlock , grand fir and lodgepole pine are the other large conifers present. The smaller Pacific yew is scattered in the understorey. The arbutus ,
418-404: The northwestern part and many of the sands at the southern end have loam-textured topsoils . Podzols are common and the bleached sand grains associated with their eluvial (A 2 , Ae or E) horizons lend a salt-and-pepper appearance to many forest trails. In most cases, though, the E is not very thick and may be discontinuous. On this account, the soils were mostly classified as Brown Podzolic in
440-526: The oysters. It was found that the causative agent of these lesions are associated with microcells, which were later identified as Mikrocytos mackini . Denman Island has a monthly news and artistic journal called the Flagstone, a weekly news and advertising circular called the Grapevine, and several active online groups on social media. Hornby Island Hornby Island of British Columbia , Canada ,
462-655: The summer months. The shoulder seasons are a preferred time for hiking, mountain biking, marine activities, weddings, and retreats. Most people reach the island by ferries from Buckley Bay , Vancouver Island. A growing number of private boats also visit through mooring at the Ford Cove Marina or anchoring at Tribune Bay. The closest airport is Comox Valley Airport in Comox , which provides regional, national, and international service. Popular destinations on Hornby include Tribune Bay Provincial Park , Helliwell Provincial Park , Ford's Cove, and Whaling Station Bay. The island
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#1732869474839484-504: Was seen and mapped by Europeans during the 1791 voyage of the Spanish ship Santa Saturnina , under Juan Carrasco and José María Narváez . It was named by Captain Richards in 1860 for Rear Admiral Joseph Denman who was commander of the Pacific station from 1864 to 1866. The earliest colonial settlers of Denman Island arrived during the 1870s. Some were attracted by the establishment of
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