Cleland Island

Cleland Island (49˚10'00" 126˚05'00" SW of Blunden I, W of Vargas I, Clayoquot Sd, W side of Vancouver I). Fletcher Henderson Cleland obtained a Crown grant for land on the W side of Vargas I in 1916. Cleland I, 7.7 ha, was one of BC’s first ecological reserves, established in 1971, and is closed to the public. It protects major breeding colonies of Leach’s storm petrel, black oystercatcher, tufted puffin, rhinoceros auklet and other seabirds. It was formerly known as Bare I and renamed...

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