Madrona Island

	Madrona Island Madrona Island, formerly also known as Arbutus Island, is an island in the Carey Group, located southeast of Crease Island in the Johnstone Strait region of the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada. Name origin Madrona comes from the Spanish language ''madroño'', referring to any of several evergreen trees (genus ''Arbutus'') of the heath family. The Pacific Arbutus is common throughout the South Coast of British Columbia. See also List of islands of British Columbia This is a list of islands of British Columbia. South Coast Vancouver Island Vancouver Island Gulf of Georgia Gulf Islands =Southern Gulf Islands= Brethour Island Cabbage Island * Curlew Island * De Courcy Islands Mudge Island Lin ... * Madrona (other) References Islands of British Columbia Central Coast of British Columbia {{BritishColumbiaCentralCoast-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Island An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island in a river or a lake island may be called an eyot or ait, and a small island off the coast may be called a holm. Sedimentary islands in the Ganges delta are called chars. A grouping of geographically or geologically related islands, such as the Philippines, is referred to as an archipelago. There are two main types of islands in the sea: continental and oceanic. There are also artificial islands, which are man-made. Etymology The word ''island'' derives from Middle English ''iland'', from Old English ''igland'' (from ''ig'' or ''ieg'', similarly meaning 'island' when used independently, and -land carrying its contemporary meaning; cf. Dutch ''eiland'' ("island"), German ''Eiland'' ("small island")). However, the spelling of the word ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Carey Group The Carey Group is a group of small islands in the Queen Charlotte Strait-Johnstone Strait region of the Central Coast of British Columbia, located between Crease Island to the north/north-west and Harbledown Island to the south/south-east. The group includes Ralph, Alder and Larsen Islands and three small islands to the north of Larsen Island, including Madrona Island. Name origin The Carey Group was named for Charles James Carey, RN, first lieutenant aboard HMS ''Clio'' under Captain Turnour, for whom Turnour Island is named. Carey, who served with the Royal Navy's Pacific Station based at Esquimalt The Township of Esquimalt is a municipality at the southern tip of Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. It is bordered to the east by the provincial capital, Victoria, British Columbia, Victoria, to the south by the Strait of Juan de ..., was born in 1838 and entered the navy in 1850. He attained the rank of lieutenant in 1858, then raised to commander in 1868, re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Crease Island Crease Island, formerly Lewis Island, is an island in the Broughton Archipelago Marine Provincial Park in the Queen Charlotte Strait-Johnstone Strait region of the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada. It is located north of Harbledown Island and is at the southern extremity of the provincial park. Name origin The name Lewis Island was changed to Crease Island in 1905 to commemorate Sir Henry Pering Pellew Crease, (1823-1905). He emigrated to the Crown Colony of Vancouver Island in 1858 and served as Attorney-General for ten years (1861-1971) before being appointed to the Supreme Court of British Columbia Supreme may refer to: Entertainment * Supreme (character), a comic book superhero * ''Supreme'' (film), a 2016 Telugu film * Supreme (producer), hip-hop record producer * "Supreme" (song), a 2000 song by Robbie Williams * The Supremes, Motown-e ..., retiring after 25 years, in 1895, with a knighthood. He died February 27, 1905. References Islands of British Col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
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	Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Its southern and western border with the United States, stretching , is the world's longest binational land border. Canada's capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Indigenous peoples have continuously inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years. Beginning in the 16th century, British and French expeditions explored and later settled along the Atlantic coast. As a consequence of various armed conflicts, France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Arbutus ''Arbutus'' is a genus of 12 accepted speciesAct. Bot. Mex no.99 Pátzcuaro abr. 2012.''Arbutus bicolor''/ref> of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae, native to warm temperate regions of the Mediterranean, western Europe, the Canary Islands and North America. The name ''Arbutus'' was taken from Latin, where it referred to ''Arbutus unedo''. Description ''Arbutus'' are small trees or shrubs with red flaking bark and edible red berries.Mabberley, D. J. 1997. ''The plant book: A portable dictionary of the vascular plants''. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Fruit development is delayed for about five months after pollination, so that flowers appear while the previous year's fruit are ripening. Peak flowering for the genus is in April with peak fruiting in October. History The smooth wood of the tree is mentioned by Theophrastus in his ''Enquiry into Plants'' (''Historia Plantarum'') as formerly being used to make weaving spindles. An article on Arbutus tree cultivatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	List Of Islands Of British Columbia This is a list of islands of British Columbia. South Coast Vancouver Island Vancouver Island Gulf of Georgia Gulf Islands =Southern Gulf Islands= Brethour Island * Cabbage Island * Curlew Island * De Courcy Islands Mudge Island Link Island Ruxton Island Pylades Island * Gabriola Island Galiano Island Gossip Island * Halibut Island Hudson Island James Island Leech Island Mayne Island Moresby Island Parker Island Penelakut (Formerly Kuper Island Pender Island (North and South) Piers Island Portland Prevost Island Reid Island Russell Island Saltspring Island Samuel Island Saturna Island Secret Island Secretary Islands Sidney Island Tent Island * Tree Island Tumbo Island Thetis Island Valdes Island Wallace Island * Whaleboat Island * Wise Island =Northern Gulf Islands= * Ballenas Islands Denman Island Hornby Island * Harwood Island * Jedediah Island Lasqueti Island Sandy Island (aka Tree Island) Savary Island Texada Isl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Madrona (other) Madrona may refer to: Places Canada * Madrona Island, an island in the Johnstone Strait region of the Central Coast of British Columbia * Madrona Point, on the east coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia between the communities of Parksville and Nanoose Bay * Madrona Bay, part of Ganges Harbour on Saltspring Island, British Columbia * Madrona School, a not-for-profit independent school in Vancouver, British Columbia Spain * Madrona, a village in the municipality of Pinell de Solsonès in Catalonia * Madrona (Segovia), a village in the municipality of Segovia in Castile and León United States * Madrona, Seattle, a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington Saints * Saint Madrona, or Madron (Saint), a patron of the church at Madron, Cornwall, United Kingdom * Madrona of Barcelona, a saint of the Roman Catholic Church, born in Thessaloniki and venerated in Barcelona Other uses * Arbutus, a genus of flowering tree whose North American members are called "Madrones" * USCGC ''Madro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Islands Of British Columbia An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island in a river or a lake island may be called an eyot or ait, and a small island off the coast may be called a holm. Sedimentary islands in the Ganges delta are called chars. A grouping of geographically or geologically related islands, such as the Philippines, is referred to as an archipelago. There are two main types of islands in the sea: continental and oceanic. There are also artificial islands, which are man-made. Etymology The word ''island'' derives from Middle English ''iland'', from Old English ''igland'' (from ''ig'' or ''ieg'', similarly meaning 'island' when used independently, and -land carrying its contemporary meaning; cf. Dutch ''eiland'' ("island"), German ''Eiland'' ("small island")). However, the spelling of the word ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]