Blubber Bay, British Columbia
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Blubbery Bay is an unincorporated settlement on the northern end of Texada Island
at the bay of the same name in the northern Gulf of Georgia on the South Coast of British Columbia
, Canada
. Texada Island is one of the Northern Gulf Islands
, and lies across Malaspina Strait
from the town of Powell River, British Columbia
; Georgia Strait lies along its western shores. It is served by Blubber Bay Airport (code XBB).
station in the heyday of whaling
on the British Columbia Coast, where whale blubber
was sliced up from captured cetaceans. In 1970 there were 35 families living in a small company town owned by Domtar Chemical Company, quarry
ing limestone for concrete manufacture. Texada's other main community is Van Anda
, on the island's east coast, which was an iron mining company town. Bubber Bay was also the site where Captain Cook first contacted the Tla' Amin people.
Texada Island
Texada Island is the largest island in the Strait of Georgia of British Columbia, Canada. Its northern tip is located about southwest of the city of Powell River and west of the Sechelt Peninsula on the Sunshine Coast. A former mining and logging area, the island still has a few quarries and old...
at the bay of the same name in the northern Gulf of Georgia on the South Coast of British Columbia
British Columbia Coast
The British Columbia Coast or BC Coast is Canada's western continental coastline on the Pacific Ocean. The usage is synonymous with the term West Coast of Canada....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. Texada Island is one of the Northern Gulf Islands
Gulf Islands
The Gulf Islands are the islands in the Strait of Georgia , between Vancouver Island and the mainland of British Columbia, Canada....
, and lies across Malaspina Strait
Malaspina Strait
Malaspina Strait is a strait in the northern Gulf of Georgia-Sunshine Coast region of British Columbia, Canada. It separates Texada Island from the upper Sunshine Coast-Malaspina Peninsula area on the adjacent mainland....
from the town of Powell River, British Columbia
Powell River, British Columbia
Powell River is a city on the northern Sunshine Coast of southwestern British Columbia, Canada. Most of its population lives near the eastern shores of Malaspina Strait, that part of the larger Georgia Strait between Texada Island and the Mainland...
; Georgia Strait lies along its western shores. It is served by Blubber Bay Airport (code XBB).
History
Blubber Bay was a whale flensingFlensing
Flensing is the removing of the outer integument of whales. English whalemen called it "flenching", while American whalemen called it "cutting-in".-Open-boat:-Shore and Bay whaling:...
station in the heyday of whaling
Whaling
Whaling is the hunting of whales mainly for meat and oil. Its earliest forms date to at least 3000 BC. Various coastal communities have long histories of sustenance whaling and harvesting beached whales...
on the British Columbia Coast, where whale blubber
Blubber
Blubber is a thick layer of vascularized adipose tissue found under the skin of all cetaceans, pinnipeds and sirenians.-Description:Lipid-rich, collagen fiber–laced blubber comprises the hypodermis and covers the whole body, except for parts of the appendages, strongly attached to the musculature...
was sliced up from captured cetaceans. In 1970 there were 35 families living in a small company town owned by Domtar Chemical Company, quarry
Quarry
A quarry is a type of open-pit mine from which rock or minerals are extracted. Quarries are generally used for extracting building materials, such as dimension stone, construction aggregate, riprap, sand, and gravel. They are often collocated with concrete and asphalt plants due to the requirement...
ing limestone for concrete manufacture. Texada's other main community is Van Anda
Van Anda, British Columbia
Van Anda, formerly spelled Vananda, is an unincoporated settlement on Texada Island in the northern Gulf of Georgia in British Columbia, Canada. It has a population of approximately 70 people...
, on the island's east coast, which was an iron mining company town. Bubber Bay was also the site where Captain Cook first contacted the Tla' Amin people.