Hornby Island

Hornby Iceland is an island in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It belongs to the past in the Strait of Georgia between the Canadian mainland and Vancouver Iceland Gulf Islands. From its western neighbor island Denman Iceland it is separated by the 1.5 -kilometer-wide Lambert Channel.

Hornby Iceland is 6 km long and up to 3.5 kilometers wide. Its highest point, the 310 -meter-high Mount Geoffrey, located to the east of the island.

In 2011, Hornby Iceland had 1,074 residents. The island belongs to the Comox Valley Regional District here. The majority of the population lives in several small settlements on the northeast coast, the south coast and the Northwest Coast, close to the ferry terminal. Inside the island there are predominantly single detached houses on the old farm land.

History

Was named the island in the 1850s by the Hudson 's Bay Company, after the British Admiral Phipps Hornby. This was 1847-1851 Commander of the Royal Navy's Pacific Squadron in nearby Esquimalt. However, the British were not the first discoverer of the island. Already in 1791 had discovered the island an expedition under the leadership of José María Narváez. Under this, the island received, together with Denman Iceland, the name Islas de Lerena. Before the arrival of European explorers and settlers, the island was already inhabited by First Nations, however, of the tribe of Pentlatch. In their language, the island of Ja- dai - Aich, which translates to the outer island was called.

The colonization of the island was changeable. The first living on the island Pentlatch died here about 1860, so that the island upon arrival of the first European settlers was uninhabited. Over the next 100 years, the population had grown to the island only to around 150 inhabitants. They lived mainly from agriculture, forestry and fisheries. After 1960 the number of inhabitants then grew over the next 35 years to approximately 1,000 residents and is there now stable. The add now drawn, often living from handicrafts.

Traffic

Hornby Iceland is regularly accessible only by ferries BC Ferries. These run from Gravelly Bay Ferry Terminal on Denman Iceland to Shingle Spit Ferry Terminal on Hornby Iceland.

A formal water aerodrome there on or around the island does not, however, an appropriate landing still possible. Due to the rugged coastline, however, a landing is possible only near the ferry terminal.

Parks

In addition to various local parks can be found on the island and several provincial parks. These are in addition to the Helliwell Provincial Park, Mount Geoffrey Escarpment Provincial Park and the Tribune Bay Provincial Park. These three parks protect about 25 % of the island.