Hernando Island
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Hernando Island is one of the Discovery Islands near Powell River, British Columbia, Canada.[1] Along with the nearby Cortes Island, it was presumably named in 1792 by Valdés and Galiano after Hernando Cortes, the Spanish conqueror of Mexico.[2]:240
A narrow gauge logging railway operated there in the 1920s. The island is now mostly privately owned by a consortium of larger landowners. In the 1960s the entire island was valued at $55,000.
[edit] References
- ^ Hernando Island in the BC Geographical Names Information System
- ^ Walbran, Captain John T. (1971), British Columbia Place Names, Their Origin and History (Facsimile reprint of 1909 ed.), Vancouver/Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, ISBN 0-88894-143-9, http://www.nosracines.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=3545
now Hernando Island Is owned privately among few people.
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Hernando Island 49°59′N 124°55′W / 49.983°N 124.917°WCoordinates: 49°59′N 124°55′W / 49.983°N 124.917°W
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