Chrome Island
Chrome Island is the site of a light station in the Salish Sea/Georgia Strait on the coast of Vancouver Island in an area known as Baynes Sound. It is 100 metres off the southeast tip of Denman Island and 3.5 kilometres east-northeast of the harbour at Deep Bay, British Columbia.Photo: Wasrts, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Island
- Description: island in British Columbia, Canada
- Historically known as: “Yellow Island” and “Yellow Rock”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chrome Island Lighthouse and Mount Geoffrey Escarpment Provincial Park.
Chrome Island Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Wasrts, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chrome Island Lighthouse is a light station established in 1891 that assists traffic in the region of Deep Bay, British Columbia, Denman Island, and Hornby Island.
Mount Geoffrey Escarpment Provincial Park
Nature reserve
Mount Geoffrey Escarpment Provincial Park is a Class-A provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located on the southwest coast of Hornby Island. It covers an area of 187 hectares, stretching from the Shingle Spit ferry landing in the west to Ford Cove in the east. Mount Geoffrey Escarpment Provincial Park is situated 3½ km north of Chrome Island.
Deep Bay Marine Field Station
Building
The Deep Bay Marine Field Station is a marine science research and education facility operated by Vancouver Island University. It is located at Deep Bay, British Columbia on Vancouver Island, off the waters of Baynes Sound, 78 kilometres north-west of the main university campus at Nanaimo, British Columbia. Deep Bay Marine Field Station is situated 4 km southwest of Chrome Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lighthouse Country.
Lighthouse Country
Photo: Shaundd, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lighthouse Country is a rural area northwest of Parksville/Qualicum Beach on Vancouver Island that includes the communities of Qualicum Bay, Bowser and Deep Bay.
Chrome Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Comox Valley Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Chrome Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Chrome Island”
- Dutch: “Chrome Island”
- French: “Chrome Island (Canada)”
- French: “Chrome Island”
- Swedish: “Chrome Island”
- Turkish: “Chrome Adası”
- Turkish: “Chrome Island”
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