Thurston Bay

THURSTON BAY is on the west side of SONORA ISLAND, 35 km north of CAMPBELL RIVER in the jumble of islands between VANCOUVER ISLAND and the mainland. From 1914 to 1941 it was the regional centre of marine operations for the BC FOREST SERVICE and had maintenance facilities for the fleet of forest patrol vessels. There were several homesteads here as well. In 1970 it became a provincial MARINE PARK for boaters. The post office, located in the bay on Block Island, was named Nodales after the...

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