Triple Island is a rocky, barren
islet
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, marked by
Triple Island Lightstation
Triple Island Lighthouse is a large, manned light station on Triple Island. Built in 1920 after four years of construction, the concrete station features a tower attached to a rectangular concrete structure that houses the keepers' quarters and ...
, located approximately halfway between the southwestern tip of
Dundas Island and the westernmost tip of
Stephens Island, islands of the
North Coast of British Columbia
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,
Canada
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about west of
Prince Rupert
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. Triple Island is also approximately southwest of Melville Island, a smaller island and a part of the Dundas Island group.
It hosts a
helipad
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.
References
Islands of British Columbia
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