Discovery Island Marine Provincial Park
Discovery Island Marine Provincial Park is a provincial park located about two nautical miles east of Oak Bay on the coast of British Columbia, Canada. It is about one mile long and one-half mile wide and looks out into the Strait of Juan de Fuca.- Type: Park
- Description: provincial park on Discovery Island in British Columbia, Canada
- Also known as: “Discovery Island Marine Park”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Discovery Island Light.
Discovery Island Light
Lighthouse
Discovery Island Lighthouse is an active lighthouse built in 1886 on Pandora Hill which is the highest point on Discovery Island in the province of British Columbia, Canada.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ten Mile Point and Uplands.
Ten Mile Point
Neighborhood
Ten Mile Point is a neighbourhood in the District of Saanich in Victoria, British Columbia, and is the most easterly point on Vancouver Island. Ten Mile Point was so named because it was ten nautical miles from what was at the time the headquarters of the Pacific Station of the Royal Navy. Ten Mile Point is situated 4½ km northwest of Discovery Island Marine Provincial Park.
Uplands
Neighborhood
Uplands, Victoria is a 188.17-hectare neighbourhood located in the north east part of the District of Oak Bay, a suburb adjacent to Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, and situated between the neighbourhoods of Cadboro Bay and North Oak Bay. Uplands is situated 5 km northwest of Discovery Island Marine Provincial Park.
Oak Bay
Town
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Victoria is the capital of Canada's westernmost province; British Columbia, near the southern tip of Vancouver Island. Victoria contains a perfect combination of the old and new Canada. Oak Bay is situated 6 km west of Discovery Island Marine Provincial Park.
Discovery Island Marine Provincial Park
- Category: provincial park of Canada
- Location: Capital Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Discovery Island Marine Provincial Park” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Discovery Island Marine Park”
- French: “parc provincial marin Discovery Island”
- French: “Parc provincial marin Discovery Island”
- German: “Discovery Island Marine Provincial Park”
- Swedish: “Discovery Island Marine Park”
Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Discovery Island and Rudlin Bay.
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