Hernando Island

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Hernando Island is one of the Discovery Islands near Powell River, British Columbia, Canada. Along with the nearby Cortes Island, it was presumably named in 1792 by Valdés and Galiano after Hernán Cortés, the Spanish conqueror of Mexico. ()

Alternative names: Archipelago: Discovery IslandsCoordinates: 49°58'58"N, 124°55'8"W

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Hernando Island – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Copeland Islands Marine Provincial Park, Smelt Bay Provincial Park, Desolation Sound, Savary Island.

5 miE
Park
Copeland Islands Marine Provincial Park
128 min walk • Copeland Islands Marine Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located in Desolation Sound to the northwest of Lund on the northern Sunshine Coast off the west coast of the Malaspina Peninsula.
4.5 miNW
Park
Smelt Bay Provincial Park, Cortes Island
115 min walk • Smelt Bay Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. It is located at the south end of Cortes Island, and has twenty-two camping sites. Eight are reservable and the rest are first-come, first-served. There is also an overflow parking lot directly next to the beach for any excess campers.
3.7 miS
Locality
Desolation Sound
94 min walk • Desolation Sound is a deep water sound at the northern end of the Salish Sea and of the Sunshine Coast in British Columbia, Canada.
5.5 miSE
Island
Savary Island
141 min walk • Savary Island or Áyhus is an island in British Columbia, Canada. Located in the northern part of the Strait of Georgia, it is 144 kilometres northwest of Vancouver. It is approximately 0.8-1.5 km wide and 7.5 kilometres long.
4.4 miSW
National park
Mitlenatch Island Nature Provincial Park
112 min walk • Mitlenatch Island Nature Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located on Mitlenatch Island a small islet in the northern Strait of Georgia within the Strathcona Regional District.

Hernando Island

Facts and practical information

Hernando Island – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Copeland Islands Marine Provincial Park

Smelt Bay Provincial Park, Cortes Island

Desolation Sound

Savary Island

Mitlenatch Island Nature Provincial Park