Lion Islets

Lion Islets (48˚54'00" 123˚20'00" N of Whaler Bay, SE side of Galiano I, Gulf Is). The feature was named by local resident A Gayzer for its shape, which strongly resembles a crouching lion when viewed from a particular angle. This unusual fact was brought to the attention of readers of Maclean’s in 1939, though the photo, which ran in the magazine’s “Scrapbook” section, clearly showed a lion with no tail. The correspondent apologized for this absence and speculated that perhaps the...

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