Gillies Bay

Gillies Bay (49˚40'00" 124˚29'00" W side of Texada I, Str of Georgia). A legend endures that Gillies Bay was named for a ship capt so relentlessly obnoxious that his crew threw him overboard there. Beyond that, little is known about the origin of the name. The community got its start with agriculture and logging, then expanded in the 1950s when its iron-ore deposits, which had been known about for years, were developed on a large scale. By the 2000s, retirees and tourists had become a...

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