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Gilford Island is an island in British Columbia, Canada, between Tribune Channel and Knight Inlet. It has an area of 384 square kilometres (148 sq mi). Turnour Island is to its south, across Tribune Channel; and the entrance to Thompson Sound is to its east.
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The Kokish River is a river on Northern Vancouver Island, flowing north into Beaver Cove. The community of Beaver Cove is near the river's mouth, as was the former logging camp of Englewood. The community of Kokish is also on Beaver Cove, but on its southeast shore away from the river-mouth.
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