Coal Harbour

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Coal Harbour

Total population

180

Coordinates50.60°, -127.58°

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

Overview

Coal Harbour is a harbour and community on northern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada located on the north side of Holberg Inlet in the Quatsino Sound region. It is named after a small and unsuccessful local coal mine that was founded in 1883. The village's most successful industry, however, was whaling. It was the last whaling station in British Columbia when it closed in 1967. The station utilized the original buildings of the RCAF. In the early 1980's the main place of work was the shake and shingle mill, the pier was a small wooden wharf you had to drive onto to get fuel, there was no gas station, and the marina sold milk, bread, eggs, butter, pop, and cigarettes.

Geography

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

Geography & sun

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

Public attention

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Books about Coal Harbour

Report of Commission of Enquiry Concerning the Genuineness of an Alleged Transfer, Dated the 23rd of June, 1884, From Certain Indians to One J.M.M. Spinks. British Columbia

British Columbia. Commission of Enquiry Concerning the Genuineness of an Alleged Transfer, Dated the 23rd of June, 1884, From Certain Indians to One J. M.M. Spinks. · 1885

One year in Coal Harbour

Polly Horvath · 2012

First Nations water rights in British Columbia

Christina Rocha · 2000

Craft Beer Revolution

Joe Wiebe · 2013

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

deer fern

Struthiopteris spicant

Seen 2026-09-24

Hooded Merganser

Lophodytes cucullatus

Seen 2026-09-22

Downy Woodpecker

Dryobates pubescens

Seen 2026-09-22

Canada Goose

Branta canadensis

Seen 2026-09-22

Coho Salmon

Oncorhynchus kisutch

Seen 2026-09-13

Greenstriped Rockfish

Sebastes elongatus

Seen 2026-09-13

White-and-orange-tipped Nudibranch

Antiopella fusca

Seen 2026-09-10

Pacific Sand Lance

Ammodytes personatus

Seen 2026-09-10

Quillback Rockfish

Sebastes maliger

Seen 2026-09-10

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).