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Saltspring Island (also Salt Spring Island) is one of the Gulf Islands in the Strait of Georgia between mainland British Columbia, Canada and Vancouver Island. It is the most populated and most frequently visited of the Gulf Islands, with a population of about 10,500 as of 2008. The island is known for its artists.

History

The island, initially inhabited by Salish First Nation, became a refuge from racism for African Americans who had resided in the United States. Settled in 1858 by black Americans, the island was not only the first of the Gulf Islands to be settled, but also, according to 1988's A Victorian Missionary and Canadian Indian Policy, the first agricultural settlement established anywhere in the Colony of Vancouver Island. The island, which had from 1859 been called "Admiral Island", was officially retitled by the Geographic Board of Canada in honor of the island's salt springs in 1905. 2005's Victoria and Vancouver Island indicates that in the 1960s, the island once again became a refuge for US citizens, this time for "draft evaders" during the Vietnam War.

Notable residents

See also

References

  1. Zimmerman, Karla (2008). Canada (10 ed.). Lonely Planet. p. 731. ISBN 1741045711. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ Hill, Kathleen Thompson (2005). Victoria and Vancouver Island: A Personal Tour of an Almost Perfect Eden (5 ed.). Globe Pequot. p. 242. ISBN 0762738758. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  3. Thompson, Wayne C. (2003). (5 ed.). Hunter Publishing, Inc. p. 633. ISBN 2894644760. {{cite book}}: Missing or empty |title= (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  4. Schulte-Peevers, Andrea (2005). Canada (9 ed.). Lonely Planet. p. 729. ISBN 1740597737. Originally settled by the Salish First Nation over a thousand years ago, it became a place where African Americans fled to escape racial tensions in the USA
  5. ^ Hill and Hill, 241.
  6. Nock, David A. (1988). A Victorian Missionary and Canadian Indian Policy: Cultural Synthesis vs. Cultural Replacement. Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. p. 159-160. ISBN 0889201536. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

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The Gulf Islands of British Columbia
Northern Gulf Islands
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Southern Gulf Islands
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48°50′N 123°30′W / 48.833°N 123.500°W / 48.833; -123.500

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