Madrona Bay


Madrona Bay (48˚51'27" 123˚29'00" In Ganges Hbr, Saltspring I, Gulf Is), Madrona Island (50˚36'00" 126˚38'00" SE of Crease I, Carey Group, N of Harbledown I, E end of Queen Charlotte Str), Madrona Point (49˚19'00" 124˚14'00" NW side of Northwest Bay, at Parksville, E side of Vancouver I). Named for the arbutus, Canada’s only native broadleaf evergreen and one of the iconic trees of the southern BC coast. Fr Juan Crespi, chronicler of a Spanish expedition to Monterey Bay in California,...

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