Torrens Island
Torrens Island is an island in North Coast Regional District, British Columbia. Torrens Island is situated nearby to the village Skidegate, as well as near the locality Alliford Bay.Places of Interest
Highlights include Haida Heritage Centre and Sk’aadgaa Naay Elementary School.
Haida Heritage Centre
Museum
Photo: Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Haida Heritage Centre is the premier cultural centre and museum of the Haida people. It is located in Skidegate, a community on Graham Island in Haida Gwaii off the Pacific coast of British Columbia, Canada.
Sk’aadgaa Naay Elementary School
School
School District 50 Haida Gwaii is a school district in British Columbia, Canada. It covers Haida Gwaii off the north coast of British Columbia immediately west of Prince Rupert. Sk’aadgaa Naay Elementary School is situated 2½ km north of Torrens Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Skidegate and Daajing Giids-Skidegate.
Skidegate
Village
Photo: Constantine, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Skidegate is a Haida community in Haida Gwaii in British Columbia, Canada. It is on the southeast coast of Graham Island, the largest island in the archipelago, and is approximately 50 kilometres west of mainland British Columbia across Hecate Strait.
Daajing Giids-Skidegate
Photo: Karen Neoh, CC BY 2.0.
Daajing Giids, formerly known as Queen Charlotte or Queen Charlotte City, and Skidegate are neighbouring villages on the southeast coast of Graham Island, Haida Gwaii, British Columbia.
Torrens Island
- Type: Island
- Category: landform
- Location: North Coast Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.25687° or 53° 15′ 25″ northLongitude
-131.97709° or 131° 58′ 38″ westElevation
16 metres (52 feet)Open location code
945C724F+P5GeoNames ID
6167905
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