Sandspit
K'il Kun | |
|---|---|
 The "Spirit of Sandspit" | |
  Sandspit Location of Sandspit  Sandspit Sandspit (Canada)  Sandspit Sandspit (North America) | |
| Coordinates: 53°15′N 131°49′W / 53.250°N 131.817°W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | British Columbia |
| Region | Haida Gwaii |
| Regional district | North Coast |
| Area (2021)[2] | |
| • Land | 5.85 km2 (2.26 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 6 m (20 ft) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
| • Total | 310 |
| • Density | 53.0/km2 (137/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−08:00 (PST) |
| Forward sortation area | |
| Area code(s) | 250, 778, 236 |
Sandspit (Haida: K'il Kun)[3] is the largest community on Moresby Island, in Haida Gwaii off the Pacific coast of British Columbia, Canada. The only town on Moresby Island, Sandspit has accommodations, a campground, supermarket and 85-berth harbour serving visitors to Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site.[4]
The unincorporated community had a population of 310 as of the 2021 census, up from 296 at the 2016 census.[2] The community is served by Sandspit Airport with daily flights to and from Vancouver, as well as multiple ferry voyages from Alliford Bay to Skidegate Landing on Graham Island.[4]
Near the airport is the "Spirit of Sandspit", a copper and cedar sculpture of a salmon, the "Spirit of Sandspit", by island artist Lon Sharp dominates the main road.[4] Sandspit is also home to the Open Ocean totem pole by Jesse Jones, Jimmy Jones and Jason Goetzinger.[5]
The Circle Tour leaves and returns to Sandspit on active gravel logging road past Skidegate Lake, Copper River, Gray Bay beach, and Copper Bay, where Haida people, continuing tradition, fish for sockeye salmon and hang the fish out to dry in May and early June to preserve it.[4]
- ^ "Sandspit". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
- ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference
2021censuswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Haida Gwaii" (PDF). Go Haida Gwaii. 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Sandspit". Haida Gwaii. Haida Gwaii Observer. 2018. p. 26.
- ^ "The totem poles of Haida Gwaii". Haida Gwaii. Haida Gwaii Observer. 2018. p. 31.