British Columbia
British Columbia has a number of groups of islands falling within the following geographic areas:
- South Coast, including:
- Vancouver Island
- Gulf of Georgia region (Southern Gulf Islands, Northern Gulf Islands, Discovery Islands, Sunshine Coast, Howe Sound)
- West Coast of Vancouver Island (Broken Islands Group, Cape Scott, Nootka Sound, Kyuquot Sound, Clayoquot Sound
- Lower Mainland, primarily consisting of river or lake islands in Burrard Inlet, Harrison Lake, and the Fraser River.
- Central Coast, including:
- Johnstone Strait-Queen Charlotte Strait region (Broughton Archipelago)
- Fitz Hugh Sound-Dean Channel region
- North Coast, including:
- Queen Charlotte Sound-Hecate Strait region
- Dixon Entrance-Portland Channel region
- Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands)
- Interior, including islands in:
- Lake Okanagan
- The Fraser Canyon (Fraser River)
- The Kootenay and Columbia Rivers
Read more about this topic: List Of Islands Of Canada
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