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Porcher Island is an island in Hecate Strait, British Columbia, Canada, near the mouth of the Skeena River and southwest of the port city of Prince Rupert.〔(BC Names/GeoBC entry "Porcher Island" )〕 The locality of Porcher Island is located near the island's northern tip at Humpback Bay, .〔(BC Names/GeoBC entry "Porcher Island (locality)" )〕〔(BC Names/GeoBC entry "Humpback Bay" )〕 Stephens and Prescott Islands are located off its northwestern tip.〔(BC Name/GeoBC entry "Stephens Island" )〕〔(BC Names/GeoBC entry "Prescott Island" )〕 == Geography == With a land area of , Porcher Island is the eighth largest coastal island in British Columbia. The island’s northern tip is southwest of the port city of Prince Rupert, and due south of the southernmost extension of the Alaska Panhandle. The island is located within the Range 5 Coast Land District and the Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District. The island, together with some of its surrounding area, had a population of 37 in the Canada 2006 Census, down 26% from the 2001 census.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】Statistics Canada "> Canada 2006 Census )〕 Porcher Island is bounded on the north by Chatham Sound and the Skeena River estuary, by Hecate Strait to the west and by Ogden Channel to the east. Metlakata Inlet and Kitkatla Channel separate Porcher’s southern flank from the Goschen, Dolphin and Spicer Islands, near the entrance to Principe Channel. Kitkatla (Laxklan), a Tsimshian village, is situated on Dolphin Island. Porcher Island is nearly bisected from the south by Porcher Inlet, a long, narrow channel that intrudes into the island’s interior, before emptying into a salt lagoon at the foot of the Spiller Range. Oval Bay, on the island’s western edge, features a sandy beach, which is exposed to the ferocious southeast gales that regularly sweep through Hecate Strait. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Porcher Island」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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