Lasqueti

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Lasqueti

Total population

399

Coordinates49.49°, -124.35°

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

Overview

Lasqueti Island is an island off the east coast of Vancouver Island in the Strait of Georgia within qathet Regional District in British Columbia, Canada. As of 2021, it has a population of 498. A passenger-only ferry connects the island to the community of French Creek, near Parksville. The ferry makes two to three runs per day, six days per week, weather permitting. The ferry service is run by Western Pacific Marine for BC Ferries.

Geography

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

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Nearby places in British Columbia

• Buccaneer Bay
  16.5 mi away
• Madeira Park
  17.3 mi away
• Garden Bay
  17.4 mi away
• Van Anda
  20.7 mi away
• Lantzville
  20.7 mi away · pop. 3,601
• Blubber Bay
  24.3 mi away
• Doriston
  25.1 mi away
• Egmont
  25.9 mi away
• Minto
  30.4 mi away
• Gabriola
  31.5 mi away · pop. 4,045
• Puntledge
  33.8 mi away
• Grantham
  35.8 mi away

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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 Lasqueti

Accidental Eden

Douglas Hamilton · 2014

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire Electric, Whatcom, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-22 · 144 mi
• Wildfire Thunder Creek, Skagit, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-22 · 164 mi
• Wildfire SISI, Chelan, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-14 · 178 mi
• Wildfire KING, Kittitas, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-19 · 199 mi
• Wildfire GOAT, Kittitas, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-22 · 206 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).