Turnour Island is an

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 the

Johnstone Strait , image = Pacific Ranges over Johnstone Strait.jpg , image_size = 250px , alt = , caption = Johnstone Strait backdropped by the Vancouver Island Ranges , image_bathymetry = Carte baie Knight ...

region of the

Central Coast of British Columbia , settlement_type = Region of British Columbia , image_skyline = , nickname = "The Coast" , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Canada , subdivision_type1 = Province , subdivision_name1 = British ...

, located between

Gilford Island Gilford Island is an island in British Columbia, Canada, located between Tribune Channel and Knight Inlet. The island has an area of . Turnour Island is to the south across Tribune Channel, the entrance to Thompson Sound to the east. Port Eliz ...

and

West Cracroft Island West Cracroft Island is an island in the Johnstone Strait region of the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada, located east of Port McNeill. It is the larger of the two Cracroft Islands, the other, East Cracroft Island, being so named to dist ...

. On the other side Canoe Passage on its northwest is

Village Island Village Island is an island in the Johnstone Strait region of the Central Coast region of British Columbia, Canada, located on the northwest side of Turnour Island. The Kwakwaka'wakw village of Memkumlis or Meem Quam Leese or Memkoomlish, common ...

, while to its south and southwest is

Beware Passage Beware Passage is a strait or channel in the Central Coast region of British Columbia, Canada, between Harbledown Harbledown is a village in Kent, England, immediately west of Canterbury and contiguous with the city. At local government level ...

, across from which is

Harbledown Island Harbledown Island is an island in the Central Coast region of British Columbia, Canada, located west of West Cracroft Island. It is at the west end of Johnstone Strait and lies at the eastern edge of the Queen Charlotte Strait region. Hanson Is ...

is to the north across

Tribune Channel Tribune Channel is a channel or strait on the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada, separating Gilford Island on the west and north from the mainland. The channel bends around Gilford Island, with the mouth of Thompson Sound at the elbow of ...

. Separating Turnour from West Cracroft is Clio Channel.

Name origin

Captain

Nicholas E.B. Turnour Nicholas is a male given name and a surname. The Eastern Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church, and the Anglican Churches celebrate Saint Nicholas every year on December 6, which is the name day for "Nicholas". In Greece, the name and its ...

commanded during the vessel's second commission with the

Pacific Station The Pacific Station was created in 1837 as one of the geographical military formations into which the Royal Navy divided its worldwide responsibilities. The South America Station was split into the Pacific Station and the South East Coast of A ...

of the

Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against F ...

from 1864 to 1868. Clio Channel was named for the ship.

Clio Bay Clio Bay ( bg, залив Клио, zaliv Klio, ) is the 1.8 km wide bay indenting for 1.7 km the west coast of Lavoisier Island in Biscoe Islands, Antarctica. It is formed as a result of the retreat of Lavoisier Island's ice cap in the ...

near

Kitimat Kitimat is a district municipality in the North Coast region of British Columbia, Canada. It is a member municipality of the Regional District of Kitimat–Stikine regional government. The Kitimat Valley is part of the most populous urban distr ...

was also named for HMS ''Clio''.

Villages

There are two village sites of the Kwakwaka'wakw on Turnour Island.

Kalugwis Kalugwis, or Karlukwees or Qalogwis, is the principal community of the Tlowitsis Nation of the Kwakwaka'wakw peoples of the Johnstone Strait region of the South Coast of British Columbia, Canada. It is located on the south shore of Turnour Islan ...

, or Karlukwees or Qalogwis, is the principal community of the

Tlowitsis Nation The Tlowitsis Nation, formerly the Klowitsis Tribe, the Turnour Island Band and the Tlowitsis-Mumtagila First Nation, is the Indian Act band government of the Ławit'sis (Tlowitsis) tribe of the Kwakwaka'wakw peoples, located in the Queen Charlo ...

and is located on the south shore of Turnour Island facing

and is within Karlukwees Indian Reserve No. 1, a.k.a. Karlukwees 1, 10.8 ha. Another village, adap'e, or adap!a, was located at the head of Turnour Bay, at just east of

. It was used by the Walas and the Komkiutis groups of the Kwakwaka'wakw.BC Names/GeoBC entry "adap'e (Former First Nation Village)"
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References

Islands of British Columbia Central Coast of British Columbia {{BritishColumbiaCoast-geo-stub

Name origin

Villages

See also

References