Finisterre Island

Finisterre Island (49˚25'00" 123˚19'00" NE end of Bowen I, Howe Sd, NW of Vancouver). Named either after Finistère, the westernmost dept in France, or Cape Finisterre, one of Spain’s most westerly headlands. The word derives from the Latin finis terrae, meaning “end of the earth,” and was sometimes used on ancient maps to indicate land’s end. The owners of the island, which is connected to Bowen at low tide, access their property through an artificial tunnel.

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