Alert Bay, British Columbia

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**Alert Bay, British Columbia, Canada**

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Census Division
Regional District	Regional District of Mount Waddington
Area:	1.82 km²
Founded
Incorporated	1946
Population: Village Population	585 (2001)
Population density:	321.4/km²
Time zone:	Pacific: UTC -8
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Latitude: Longitude:	50°34′48″N, 126°56′11″W {{Canadian_City/Map_source_is:{{{CCMapSource}}}\|d1\|m1\|N\|d2\|m2\|W\|region:CA_type:city(100,000)_}}
Elevation:	m MSL
Highways	Alert Bay-Sointula ferry Port McNeil-Alert Bay ferry
Waterways	Johnstone Strait
Mayor:
Governing body:	Alert Bay Village Council

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Alert Bay is a small community on Cormorant Island, British Columbia, Canada. Cormorant Island consists primarily of the village Alert Bay.

Approximately half of the population is made up of First Nations people.

There is one automatic teller machine and one grocery store as well as one museum in Alert Bay. The town is served by a public-use airport, the Alert Bay Airport.

Totem poles in front of homes in Alert Bay in the 1900s

In 1921, the government ripped the community of a good portion of their goods, such as wooden masks, copper shields, and potlatch-dance regalia which were placed in the U’mista Cultural Centre. During the 70s and 80s, the population regained their possessions after long negotiations. The artifacts that were in the Cultural center were given back to the town population as well as items stored in other museums.^[1]

[edit] References

^ Dancing around Alert Bay. Straight.com. Retrieved on 2006-06-01.

[edit] External links

Alert Bay Adventures - Alert Bay tourism information
http://www.village.alertbay.bc.ca/

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