TheEstevan Group, formerly theEstevan Islands, is a small archipelago in theHecate Strait region of theNorth Coast of British Columbia, Canada. It is to the west ofCampania Island, which is separated from the group byEstevan Sound, and is itself to the west ofGil Island across Squally Channel. Southeast of it and the Estevan Group isCaamaño Sound, beyond which isAristazabal Island; to the east of all isPrincess Royal Island, the fourth largest on the British Columbia Coast. To the northwest of the group isBanks Island.
The group's five largest islands are named afterLieutenant-Governors of British Columbia:Trutch,Barnard,Dewdney,Prior andLotbinière. Another island, Tennant Island, is in Langley Passage, which runs through the heart of the archipelago on the southwest flank of Trutch Island, and is the site of a provincial nature conservancy and adjacent to anaerodrome at Ethelda Bay on Barnard Island.
Two protected areas intersect the Estevan Group. TheEthelda Bay – Tennant Island Conservancy protects an area in the surroundings of Tennant Island and was established in 2007.[1] TheDewdney and Glide Islands Ecological Reserve, established in 1971 and closed to the public, covers a larger area encompassing Dewdney Island, the Glide Islands, and surrounding smaller islands and islets.[2][3]
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