Alert Bay

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Alert Bay

Total population

445

Elevation30 m

Land area1.78 km²

Coordinates50.58°, -126.93°

Demographic figures from Statistics Canada. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Alert Bay, also known as ʼYalis in Kwakʼwala, is a village on Cormorant Island, near the town of Port McNeill on northeast Vancouver Island, in the Regional District of Mount Waddington, British Columbia, Canada.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Tony Hunt

Canadian artist (1942–2017)

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Carlton Ogawa

Canadian rower (1934–2006)

Aristazabal Hawkes

Canadian musician

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Spencer O'Brien

snowboarder

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Doug Cranmer

Canadian artist (1927-2006)

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Ellen Neel

Kwakwaka'wakw carver (1916–1966)

Richard Hunt

Kwakwaka'wakw artist (born 1951)

Beau Dick

Kwakwaka'wakw woodcarver and chief from Canada (1955–2017)

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John Stackhouse

Canadian-born New Zealand artist (1915–2002)

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Sky Glabush

Canadian artist

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Kevin Cranmer

Namgis Kwakwaka'wakw (Nemquic)/Mamalilikulla Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl) carver, wood carver, printmaker (born 1967)

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Sean Whonnock

Kwakwaka'wakw artist working in wood, canvas, stone, and precious metals (born 1966)

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Eugene Isaac

Kwakwaka'wakw artist in what is known as Canada (born 1958)

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Bruce Alfred

Kwakwaka'wakw artist in what is known as Canada (born 1960)

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Rande Cook

Kwa’kwa’ka’wakw multi-media artist (born 1977)

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Fah Ambers

Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl) artist (1955-2012)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Alert Bay

Vanishing British Columbia

Michael Kluckner · 2005

Geology and mineral deposits of Alert [Bay], Cape Scott map-area (92L-102I) Vancouver Island, British Columbia

J. E. Muller · 1974

Geology and mineral deposits of Alert Bay-Cape Scott map-area (92L - 102I) Vancouver Island, British Columbia. by J.E. Muller [and others]

Memories of Jack Pickup Flying Doctor of British Columbia

Marilyn Crosbie · 2012

First Nations water rights in British Columbia

Diana Jolly · 1997

Land Capability For Wildlife-Ungulates

Canada Land Inventory. · 1970

Land Capability For Recreation

Canada Land Inventory. · 1968

A Kwakiutl village and school

Harry F. Wolcott · 1967

Search results from Open Library.

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