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Place Name
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Quadra Island
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Pronunciation
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KWAH-druh
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Place Status (Type)
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island
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Location
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British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Latitude
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50°08'N
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Longitude
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125°16'W
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Quadra Island
(KWAH-druh) (
120 sq mi/311 sq km), SW B.C.,
Canada, in Discovery Passage, off NE Vancouver Isl., S of
Sonora Isl., 23 mi/37 km NNW of Courtenay,
opposite Campbell R.; 22 mi/35 km long,
1 mi/2 km-10 mi/16 km
wide; 50°08'N 125°16'W. Gold mining, lumbering; cannery, salmon
hatchery. Granite Bay (N) is chief village. Ferry from Campbell R. to
Quathiaski Cove. Kwakiutl Mus.
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