Deer Group Islands

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Deer Group Islands
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Deer Group Islands
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Deer Group Islands
Geography
Location Pacific Ocean
Coordinates 48°52′59″N125°08′24″W / 48.883°N 125.140°W / 48.883; -125.140
Total islands14
Administration
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Province Flag of British Columbia.svg  British Columbia

The Deer Group Islands are a group of islands in Barkley Sound, British Columbia. Mostly consisting of crown land, [1] they were occupied by the Huu-ay-aht, who moved there after abandoning Kiix-in in the 1880s or 1890s. [2]

References

  1. "Barkley Sound, BC, Vancouver Island, British Columbia". Shangaan Webservices Inc. Archived from the original on 7 July 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
  2. Smith, Dan J.; Alexander P. Mackie; Ian D. Sumpter (1 September 2005). "Building Quaksweaqwul: Dendroarchaeological investigations at Kiix?in National Historic Site, Vancouver Island, Canada". Dendrochronologia . 22 (3). Elsevier: 195–201. ISSN   1125-7865.