Mitlenatch Island

MITLENATCH ISLAND, 1.55 sq km, is a low-lying rock at the north end of GEORGIA STRAIT south of CAMPBELL RIVER. A provincial nature PARK, it is a refuge for a variety of nesting seabirds, including GULLS, pigeon GUILLEMOTS and pelagic CORMORANTS. SEALS and SEA LIONS disport themselves on the rocky shores. Volunteer naturalists are in residence from April through the summer, when there is a profuse display of WILDFLOWERS. FIRST NATIONS people once gathered gull eggs here. The name is a corruption...

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