Galiano Island

Galiano Island (Hul'qumi'num: Swiikw) is one of the Southern Gulf Islands located between Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada. Located on the west side of the Strait of Georgia, the island is bordered by Mayne Island to the Southeast, Saltspring Island to the west and Valdes Island to the Northwest. Galiano is part of the Capital Regional District Electoral Area G, and has a permanent population of 1044 inhabitants as of 2016.Galiano takes its name from Spanish explorer Dionisio Alcalá Galiano, who explored the area in 1792, (the island is twinned with his home city - Cabra in Córdoba province, Spain).
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