Pooley Island is an island in the

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region of

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. To its west and southwest is

Roderick Island Roderick Island is an island in the North Coast region of British Columbia. To its west is Finlayson Channel, to its northeast Pooley Island, and to its south the Mathieson Channel and Susan Island. James Johnstone, one of George Vancouver's ...

, to its east

Mathieson Channel Mathieson Channel is a channel of the British Columbia Coast. It is a northern extension of Milbanke Sound. To its west are Pooley, Roderick, Susan and Dowager Islands, to its east the Don Peninsula The Don Peninsula is a peninsula in British ...

. James Johnstone, one of

George Vancouver Captain George Vancouver (22 June 1757 – 10 May 1798) was a British Royal Navy officer best known for his 1791–1795 expedition, which explored and charted North America's northwestern Pacific Coast regions, including the coasts of what a ...

's lieutenants during his 1791-95 expedition, first charted its north and east coasts in 1793. The island was later named after Charles Edward Pooley. Pooley Island is in the traditional territory of the Kitasoo/Xai'Xais First Nation, for whom it holds important cultural and fisheries values. The Pooley Conservancy, comprising over 3000 hectares on the northeast part of the island, was created in 2006 and is co-managed by BC Parks and the Kitasoo/Xai'Xais First Nation. The Conservancy includes James Bay and Windy Bay, both of which have long been used by boaters as anchorages.

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