Pitt Island (Canada) Explained

Pitt Island
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Coordinates:	53.5°N -129.7833°W
Area Km2:	1,368
Length Km:	90
Width Km:	8
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Elevation M:	962
Country:	Canada
Country Admin Divisions Title:	Province
Country Admin Divisions:	British Columbia
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Pitt Island is an island located on the north coast of British Columbia, Canada.^[1]

Pitt island is located between Banks Island, across Grenville Channel (part of the Inside Passage) from the mainland, and is separated from Banks Island by Principe Channel. The island has an area of 1368km2, is 90km (60miles) long, and ranges from 8kmto23kmkm (05milesto14mileskm) wide. Its highest point is at 962m (3,156feet).

Pitt Island is the only island in British Columbia known to host a resident population of moose.^[2]

Features

• Anchor Mountain
• Captain Cove
• Holmes Lake
• Hevenor Inlet
• Newcombe Harbour
• Pa-aat River
• Port Stevens
• Monckton Inlet
• Mount Hulke
• Mount Patterson
• Mount Frank
• Mount Saunders
• Mount Shields
• Wyndham Lake
• Red Bluff Lake

Protected Areas

• Union Passage Marine Provincial Park
• Maxtaktsm'Aa/Union Passage Conservancy
• Monckton Nii Luutiksm Conservancy
• Pa-aat Conservancy

Notes and References

1. Archaeological Research in Southern Gitxaała Territory, Pitt and Banks Islands, August 2009. Iain McKechnie. University of British Columbia. 2020-06-22.
2. Price Michael H, Darimont Chris T, Winchester Neville N, Paquet Paul C. 2005. Facts from faeces: prey remains in Wolf, Canis lupus, faeces revise occurrence records for mammals of British Columbia's coastal archipelago.. Canadian Field-Naturalist. 119. 2. 192–196. 10.22621/cfn.v119i2.105. 2020-06-22.