Triquet Island

Triquet Island
Triquet Island
Triquet Island
Geography
Location Pacific Ocean, on Canada's southern west coast.
Coordinates 51°48′N 128°15′W / 51.800°N 128.250°W / 51.800; -128.250Coordinates: 51°48′N 128°15′W / 51.800°N 128.250°W / 51.800; -128.250
Area 1.44 km2 (0.56 sq mi)
Highest elevation 49 m (161 ft)
Administration
Canada
Province British Columbia
Demographics
Population 0

Triquet Island is an island off the west coast of British Columbia, Canada.[1] It is located south of Hunter and Campbell Islands facing the open Queen Charlotte Sound to the west. The island is administered as part of the Central Coast Regional District. The climate of the area is temperate. Average annual temperature is approximately 6.9 °C (44.4 °F).[2]

A village was discovered in 2017 by an archaeological team from the University of Victoria on Triquet Island that appears to verify local First Nation traditions, and that humans took refuge on Pacific Coast islands during the ice age 14,000 years ago.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "GeoNames.org". www.geonames.org. Retrieved 2017-04-10.
  2. ↑ "Browse datasets | NASA Earth Observations (NEO)". Browse datasets | NASA Earth Observations (NEO). 2017-04-10. Retrieved 2017-04-10.
  3. ↑ "14,000-year-old archeological find affirms Heiltsuk Nation's ice age history". CBC News. Retrieved 2017-04-10.
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