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Jackson Bay, British Columbia

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Jackson Bay is a settlement in British Columbia. It lies on a northerly inlet from Johnstone Strait north of Hardwicke Island. It is within Topaze Harbour, a good anchorage for ships.

There was at least one First Nations village (of the Kwakwakaʼwakw) on the site. Ethnic European settlers arrived from the 1910s onwards beginning with a boat landing location and a general store. Logging and fishing were the main occupations, along with supporting agriculture, until the 1950s when the settlement was abandoned.

References

  1. ^ Daniel Francis (ed), "Jackson Bay", Encyclopedia of British Columbia, Harbour Publishing, 2000 ISBN 155017200X.
  2. Sailing Directions for British Columbia, sixth edition, vol.1, p. 271, US Naval Oceanographic Office, 1960 OCLC 730316.

50°30′58″N 125°44′56″W / 50.516°N 125.749°W / 50.516; -125.749

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