Protection Island | |
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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Canada_British_Columbia_location_map_2.svg)  Protection Island Location of Protection Island in British Columbia | |
| Coordinates: 49°10′44″N 123°55′12″W / 49.17889°N 123.92000°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | British Columbia |
| Population (2016)[1] | |
| • Total | 350 |
Protection Island[2] is a small island located 1.5 km north-east of downtown Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada in the Nanaimo Harbour. The island was originally named Douglas Island, after James Douglas the first Governor of the Colony of Vancouver Island and British Columbia. It was renamed Protection Island in 1960. The permanent year-round population is about 350 people.
There are no paved roads on the island. Some residents move about the island in golf carts, others with cars, but most walk. Locals frequently transport their groceries from the community dock with their own wheelbarrows. Access to the island can be via private vessel or a small, privately run ferry which departs from downtown Nanaimo at Maffeo Sutton Park and docks at the Dinghy Dock Pub (which is Canada's only floating pub). Some residents also commute by kayak or rowboat as well.[3]
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- ^ Population calculated by combining Dissemination Blocks 59210403004 (224), 59210403001 (10), 59210403002 (26), 59210403005 (21), 59210403003 (35), 59210403007 (18) and 59210403008 (16)
- ^ Government of Canada, Natural Resources Canada. "Place names - Protection Island". www4.rncan.gc.ca.
- ^ "Protection Island".