Jemmy Jones Island

Jemmy Jones Island is an island in British Columbia, Canada. It's located off the coast of Oak Bay in the Oak Bay Islands Ecological Reserve in the Strait of Georgia northwest of the Chatham Islands and Discovery Island.

The island was named after Captain James "Jemmy" Jones, who crashed his schooner into the island. ^[1]

References

The Gulf Islands of British Columbia

Howe Sound Islands	Anvil Bowen Defence Islands Hutt Bowyer Gambier Keats Passage

Northern Gulf Islands (major)	Cortes Denman Hornby Lasqueti Quadra Savary Texada Nelson

Northern Gulf Islands (minor)	Jedediah Mitlenatch Musket

Southern Gulf Islands (major)	Gabriola Galiano Penelakut Mayne North and South Pender Saltspring Saturna Thetis Valdes

Southern Gulf Islands (minor)	Belle Chain Islets Chain Islets Chatham Islands D'Arcy Dayman De Courcy Discovery James Jemmy Jones Moresby Mudge Newcastle North Secretary Parker Piers Portland Prevost Protection Ruxton Sidney Skull Trial Islands Wallace

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