Van Anda

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Van Anda

Coordinates49.76°, -124.56°

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

Overview

Van Anda, formerly spelled Vananda, is an unincorporated settlement on Texada Island in the northern Gulf of Georgia in British Columbia, Canada. As of 2023, it has a population of approximately 362 people. The surrounding region incorporates Blubber Bay and Gillies Bay.

Geography

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

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

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

Notable people from here

B

Brad Bombardir

Canadian ice hockey player

M

Micah Aivazoff

ice hockey player

Don Thompson

Canadian musician

Richard Seeley

Canadian ice hockey defenceman

D

Dan Lucas

Canadian ice hockey player

G

Gary Lupul

Canadian ice hockey player (1959-2007)

L

Lindsay Maxwell

Canadian actress

Cam Cunning

Canadian ice hockey player

D

Drew Ferguson

Canadian soccer player-coach

H

Harold Long

Canadian politician (1941–2013)

Katrine Conroy

Canadian politician

K

Kyla Bremner

Australian wrestler

C

Connie Polman-Tuin

Canadian heptathlete

D

Dave Way

Canadian basketball player (1940-2007)

Tristen Chernove

Canadian cyclist

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

Nearby places in British Columbia

• Blubber Bay
  3.8 mi away
• Minto
  20.8 mi away
• Grantham
  21 mi away
• Puntledge
  23.3 mi away
• Garden Bay
  25.1 mi away
• Miracle Beach
  25.8 mi away
• Madeira Park
  25.8 mi away
• Black Creek
  26 mi away
• Saratoga Beach
  26 mi away
• Egmont
  27.9 mi away
• Doriston
  30 mi away
• MacAulay Heights
  30.2 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.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire Electric, Whatcom, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-22 · 160 mi
• Wildfire Thunder Creek, Skagit, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-22 · 180 mi
• Wildfire SISI, Chelan, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-14 · 195 mi
• Wildfire KING, Kittitas, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-19 · 218 mi
• Wildfire GOAT, Kittitas, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-22 · 226 mi
• Wildfire SINLAHEKIN, Okanogan, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-07-26 · 231 mi

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