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Deer Group Islands

Coordinates: 48°52′59″N 125°08′24″W / 48.883°N 125.140°W / 48.883; -125.140
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Deer Group Islands
Deer Group Islands is located in British Columbia
Deer Group Islands
Deer Group Islands
Deer Group Islands is located in Canada
Deer Group Islands
Deer Group Islands
Geography
LocationPacific Ocean
Coordinates48°52′59″N 125°08′24″W / 48.883°N 125.140°W / 48.883; -125.140
Total islands14
Administration
Province British Columbia

The Deer Group Islands are a group of islands in Barkley Sound, British Columbia. Mostly consisting of crown land,[1] they were occupied by the Huu-ay-aht, who moved there after abandoning Kiix-in in the 1880s or 1890s.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Barkley Sound, BC, Vancouver Island, British Columbia". Shangaan Webservices Inc. Archived from the original on 7 July 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
  2. ^ Smith, Dan J.; Alexander P. Mackie; Ian D. Sumpter (1 September 2005). "Building Quaksweaqwul: Dendroarchaeological investigations at Kiix?in National Historic Site, Vancouver Island, Canada". Dendrochronologia. 22 (3). Elsevier: 195–201. ISSN 1125-7865.