Whaletown is a settlement on

Cortes Island Cortes Island is an island in the Discovery Islands archipelago on the coast of British Columbia, Canada. The island is long, wide, and in area. It has a population of 1,035 permanent residents (2016 census). Cortes Island lies within Electora ...

British Columbia British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, ...

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. It is known as the gateway to

. A public ferry links Whaletown to Heriot Bay on

Quadra Island Quadra Island is a large island off the eastern coast of Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. It is part of the Discovery Islands, in the Strathcona Regional District. Etymology In 1903, the island was named after the Peruvian Spanish n ...

. It is featured in the 2013 Man Booker long-list work of fiction by author

Ruth Ozeki Ruth Ozeki is an American-Canadian author, filmmaker and Zen Buddhist priest. Her books and films, including the novels '' My Year of Meats'' (1998), '' All Over Creation'' (2003), '' A Tale for the Time Being'' (2013), and '' The Book of Form ...

, ''

A Tale for the Time Being ''A Tale for the Time Being'' is a metafictional novel by Ruth Ozeki narrated by two characters, a sixteen-year-old Japanese American girl living in Tokyo who keeps a diary, and a Japanese American writer living on an island off the coast of Bri ...

''. The

Whaletown Water Aerodrome Whaletown Water Aerodrome is located adjacent to Whaletown on Cortes Island, British Columbia, Canada. See also * List of airports in the Gulf Islands This is a list of airports on the Gulf Islands of British Columbia, Canada: Southern Gul ...

serves the town.

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{{BritishColumbia-geo-stub Populated places in the Strathcona Regional District Cortes Island Ferry transport in British Columbia