Major Islands
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The above list ends at the northern Strait of Georgia, the last several forming a group known as the northern Gulf Islands. The southern Gulf Islands are as follows:
- Gabriola Island
- Valdes Island
- Thetis Island
- Kuiper Island
- Saltspring Island
- Prevost Island
- Galiano Island
- Mayne Island
- North Pender Island
- South Pender Island
- Saturna Island
- Sidney Island
- James Island
The Gulf Islands continue southeast across the Haro Straits as the San Juan Islands.
The islands of Howe Sound are classed among the southern Gulf Islands, but they adjoin the mainland rather than Vancouver Island and are usually considered separately. They are:
- Bowen Island
- Gambier Island
- Anvil Island (Hat Island)
- Keats island
- Bowyer Island
The islands of the Fraser River estuary are:
- Barnston Island (unincorporated agricultural community)
- Lulu Island (City of Richmond)
- Sea Island (YVR Vancouver Airport)
- Westham Island (wildfowl refuge)
- Iona Island (Vancouver sewage treatment plant)
- Deas Island (Hwy 99 tunnel beneath the Fraser)
- Annacis Island
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