"Flores Island is a small island (approximately 155 km²) in Clayoquot Sound, off the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
The area of Marktosis (population around ...
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900) holds the only major settlement on the island. Most residents are members of the Ahousaht nation (population around 2000) and form the largest part of the Nuu-chah-nulth or Nootka First Nation. Some of the indigenous language is spoken though English is predominant.
Residing within the Clayoquot Sound Biosphere Reserve, Flores holds one of the largest tracts of contiguous old-growth forest on Vancouver Island. 41 km² of the island has been demarcated as the Flores Island Marine Provincial Park, 1.43 km² is the Gibson Marine Provincial Park where hot springs are located at the southern banks of the Matilda Inlet, the Marktosis reservation is 1.2 km² and the rest is Crown Land." - (en.wikipedia.org 09.05.2020)
- Latitude49.333301544189
- Longitude-126.16699981689
