De Courcy Island
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De Courcy Island is one of the Gulf Islands located in the Northumberland Channel approximately 16 Kilometres South East of Nanaimo, British Columbia and approximately 38 Kilometres South West of Vancouver, British Columbia. The island was named after Michael de Courcy, captain of the H.M.S Pylades and is just over 120 hectares.
The island was the home of Brother Twelve, a mysterious cult figure in the 1920's and of Pirate's Cove Marine Park.
The only access to the island is by boat.
It gives its name to the De Courcy group of islands which consist, from North to South, of Mudge Island, Link Island, Ruxton Island and Pylades Island. This island group runs parallel to the east coast of Vancouver Island inside the protection of the larger Gabriola Island and Valdes Island. Access by boat from Nanaimo in the north is through Dodd Narrows. From Vancouver, vessels pass between Gabriola Island and Valdes Island through Gabriola Passage. Both Dodd Narrows and Gabriola Passage have strong tidal currents. Gabriola and Valdes Islands, protect these smaller islands from the more open Strait of Georgia.
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