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Keats Island
Keats Island has a quieter public profile than Bowen Island, but its history is still deeply tied to the cultural and environmental story of Howe Sound. Part of the wider territory of the Squamish Nation, the island sits within a network of waterways, travel routes, harvesting areas, and culturally significant sites that long predate colonial use. Environmental assessment records for the region note the presence of important Indigenous sites in and around Keats Island, including burial grounds, reinforcing its significance within Squamish territory. Like the rest of Howe Sound, Keats exists within a landscape shaped by both natural beauty and ecological pressure, where marine habitats, forests, and shoreline systems remain vulnerable to the impacts of industrial activity and increased use. Today, Keats Island stands as part of a larger coastal environment that should be understood not only as scenic and recreational but also as historically meaningful and deserving of care, awareness, and protection.
- Aerial view of Keats Island
- North Side
- South Side
- Keats Camp