Quadra Map (see description)
Quadra Island
"Quadra Island was named for a Spanish explorer who sailed this coast in the [18th] century: Don Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra. Happily, that was shortened to Quadra...."
- Hilary Stewart, "On Island Time," p. 183
"From one end to the other, Quadra Island measure 37 km (23 miles) as the eagle flies. Its wide northern end, rising up in rocky bluffs and mountainous peaks, is short on roads and population, but to make up for that it has a scattering of lovely lakes and a sprawl of hiking trails. Some areas here still are old growth, but almost all of the island's forests are second growth dating from the late [19th] to the early [20th] century. As yet the island is still largely forested, but clearcut logging marches on--sometimes too close for comfort.
"The island's contours seem to have been largely cut out with a fretsaw, creating an abundance of bays, coves, harbours and headlands along its ragged coast, with the leftover bits flung aside to form offshore islands...all along with Quadra itself, part of the Discovery Islands of the east coast of Vancouver Island. Beaches are few--mostly pebbly--and all of them surrender to a full moon's high tide.
"Southward, the broad bulk of Quadra slims down considerably. The village of Heriot Bay is clustered around a heritage hotel, docks, wharfs, stores, a post office and houses. Rural roads meander their way between Heriot Bay and Quathiaski Cove, sprouting occasional side roads. Long driveways heading off into forested properties indicate a larger population than in the north.
"Quathiaski Cove, generally referred to as 'the Cove,' also has stores, a post office, docks, wharfs, a lot of fishboats, a pub and a sprinkling of houses among trees.
"The southernmost end of the island terminates in a high sandy bluff. Wide expanses of rock and boulder-strewn beaches, bare at low tide, wrap around the cape named for Zachary Mudge, a ship's office who came ashore there in 1792 with explorer Captain George Vancouver."
- Hilary Stewart, "On Island Time," 1998, pp. 27-28
Quadra Map (see description)
Quadra Island
"Quadra Island was named for a Spanish explorer who sailed this coast in the [18th] century: Don Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra. Happily, that was shortened to Quadra...."
- Hilary Stewart, "On Island Time," p. 183
"From one end to the other, Quadra Island measure 37 km (23 miles) as the eagle flies. Its wide northern end, rising up in rocky bluffs and mountainous peaks, is short on roads and population, but to make up for that it has a scattering of lovely lakes and a sprawl of hiking trails. Some areas here still are old growth, but almost all of the island's forests are second growth dating from the late [19th] to the early [20th] century. As yet the island is still largely forested, but clearcut logging marches on--sometimes too close for comfort.
"The island's contours seem to have been largely cut out with a fretsaw, creating an abundance of bays, coves, harbours and headlands along its ragged coast, with the leftover bits flung aside to form offshore islands...all along with Quadra itself, part of the Discovery Islands of the east coast of Vancouver Island. Beaches are few--mostly pebbly--and all of them surrender to a full moon's high tide.
"Southward, the broad bulk of Quadra slims down considerably. The village of Heriot Bay is clustered around a heritage hotel, docks, wharfs, stores, a post office and houses. Rural roads meander their way between Heriot Bay and Quathiaski Cove, sprouting occasional side roads. Long driveways heading off into forested properties indicate a larger population than in the north.
"Quathiaski Cove, generally referred to as 'the Cove,' also has stores, a post office, docks, wharfs, a lot of fishboats, a pub and a sprinkling of houses among trees.
"The southernmost end of the island terminates in a high sandy bluff. Wide expanses of rock and boulder-strewn beaches, bare at low tide, wrap around the cape named for Zachary Mudge, a ship's office who came ashore there in 1792 with explorer Captain George Vancouver."
- Hilary Stewart, "On Island Time," 1998, pp. 27-28