Cortes Bay

Cortes Bay (50˚04'00" 124˚55'00" SE side of Cortes I), Cortes Island (50˚07'00" 124˚59'00" Between Quadra I and W Redonda I, N end of Str of Georgia). Cortes I was named after Hernán Cortés (1485–1547), the conqueror of Mexico, by Spanish naval officers Dionisio Alcalá-Galiano and Cayetano Valdes in 1792. Associated features in the vicinity (Hernando I, Marina I, qv) were named at the same time. By the early 2000s the island had a permanent population of about 600 and was served by...

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