Piers Island
Piers Island is a small island in Satellite Channel, British Columbia, Canada. The channel joins Saanich Inlet on the west with Colburne Passage to Haro Strait on the east, which is the section of the Canada–US border separating the Gulf Islands in British Columbia, of which Piers is a part, from the San Juan Islands of Washington state.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Swartz Bay ferry terminal and Parkland Secondary School.
Swartz Bay ferry terminal
Station
Photo: Keefer4, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Swartz Bay is a 22.7 ha ferry terminal and a major transportation facility at Swartz Bay in North Saanich, British Columbia. It is located 32 km north of Victoria on Vancouver Island.
Parkland Secondary School
School
Parkland Secondary School is a public secondary school in North Saanich, a suburb of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. It is operated by School District 63 Saanich. Parkland Secondary School is situated 4 km south of Piers Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include North Saanich and Sidney.
North Saanich
Town
Photo: Shawn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The District of North Saanich is located on the Saanich Peninsula of British Columbia, approximately 25 kilometres north of Victoria on southern Vancouver Island. North Saanich is situated 6 km south of Piers Island.
Sidney
Photo: Shaundd, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sidney is a town of about 11,500 people north of Victoria, on Vancouver Island. It is generally considered part of the Victoria metropolitan area.
Piers Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island in British Columbia, Canada
- Categories: human settlement and landform
- Location: Capital Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Piers Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Piers Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Piers Island”
- Dutch: “Piers Island”
- French: “Piers Island”
- Swedish: “Piers Island”
- Turkish: “Piers Adası”
- Turkish: “Piers Island”
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