Blind Channel

BLIND CHANNEL is a harbour village in the jumble of islands on the Mid-Coast between VANCOUVER ISLAND and the mainland. It is situated on W THURLOW ISLAND overlooking Mayne Passage between W and E Thurlow Islands near the south end of JOHNSTONE STRAIT. It was a thriving community through the 1920s, with SALMON CANNING and SAWMILLING operations. The sawmill burned, and in 1935 the cannery became a saltery that closed when its JAPANESE owners were interned during WWII (see JAPANESE, RELOCATION OF...

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