Deep Bay is an unincorporated area on the east coast of

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Baynes Sound Baynes Sound is the channel between Denman Island and Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. The sound is a narrow western offshoot of the Strait of Georgia that separates Vancouver Island from the mainland of British Columbia. The area is ...

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which has a government marina in a naturally protected harbour. It is situated on Highway 19A north of Qualicum Beach between Fanny Bay and

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. The June 23, 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake shocked the Strait of Georgia region, causing the bottom of Deep Bay to sink between and . Deep Bay is the home of the Deep Bay Marine Field Station. The

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passes through the area, although there is no longer a train service in operation.

History

In the 1920s, a Japanese-Canadian man, Eikichi Kagetsu, purchased 885 acres of timberlands in Deep Bay, and subsequently incorporated Deep Bay Logging Co. He operated the company there, as well as in Fanny Bay, until he was interned by the Canadian government during

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. The company was sold by the government, without his consent, to the H.R. MacMillan Export Company.

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Unincorporated settlements in British Columbia Populated places in the Regional District of Nanaimo Bays of British Columbia Ports and harbours of British Columbia {{BritishColumbiaCoast-geo-stub