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Who or what is Quadra Island named after?

April 26, 2017Island named quadra

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Who or what is Quadra Island named after?

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Quadra Island is named for the Peruvian explorer Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra (1743-1794). Quadra served as an officer in the Spanish naval fleet and along with Captain George Vancouver, a British explorer, charted much of the coast of British Columbia in the 1770s. There are many places on Quadra and neighbouring islands named for him including: Bodega Point, Francisco Point, Sonora Island (after one of his ships) and so on.