Heriot Bay, British Columbia Explained

Heriot Bay is the principal settlement on Quadra Island in British Columbia, Canada.

Heriot Bay hosts a ferry terminal that is used by BC Ferries to sail to and from Whaletown on Cortes Island.There is also a government dock, http://www.qiha.ca/hb.html maintained by the Quadra Island Harbour Authority, and the marina at the Heriot Bay Inn. http://anchorline.ca/index.php/marinas/desolation-sound-discovery-passage/heriot-bay-marina.html

It was named for F.L.M. Heriot a relative of Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Maitland who commanded the Pacific Station from 1860 to 1862.

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50.1°N -125.208°W