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'''Plumper Sound''' is a [[sound (geography)|sound]] in the [[Gulf Islands|Southern Gulf Islands]] region of [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]], located between [[Saturna Island]] (E) and North and South [[Pender Island]]s. It is named for {{HMS|Plumper|1848|6}}, the [[survey ship]] of the [[Royal Navy]] engaged in charting the coastal waters of British Columbia in the colonial period.
<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.penderislandmuseum.org/content/pender-islands-time-line |title=Pender Island museum timeline |access-date=2015-07-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150727071521/http://www.penderislandmuseum.org/content/pender-islands-time-line |archive-date=2015-07-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.penderislandmuseum.org/content/pender-islands-time-line |title=Pender island museum .org |access-date=2015-07-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150727071521/http://www.penderislandmuseum.org/content/pender-islands-time-line |archive-date=2015-07-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


Plumper Sound should not be confused with '''Plumper Cove''',
'''Plumper Sound''' is a [[sound (geography)|sound]] in the [[Gulf Islands|Southern Gulf Islands]] region of [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]], located between [[Saturna Island]] (E) and East and West [[Pender Island]]s. It is named for the [[HMS Plumper (1848)|HMS ''Plumper'']], the survey ship of the [[Royal Navy]] engaged in charting the coastal waters of British Columbia in the colonial period.
a small cove that is home to the [[Plumper Cove Marine Provincial Park]] on [[Keats Island, British Columbia|Keats Island]],
<ref>[http://www.penderislandmuseum.org/content/pender-islands-time-line Pender Island museum timeline]</ref>
also named after HMS ''Plumper''.
<ref>[http://www.penderislandmuseum.org/content/pender-islands-time-line Pender island museum .org]</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
[[Port Browning, British Columbia]]
* [[Port Browning, British Columbia]]


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
*{{BCGNIS|39362|Plumper Sound}}
*{{BCGNIS|39362|Plumper Sound}}


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[[Category:Gulf Islands]]
[[Category:Landforms of the Gulf Islands]]
[[Category:Sounds of British Columbia]]
[[Category:Sounds of British Columbia]]



Latest revision as of 07:20, 8 May 2020

Plumper Sound is a sound in the Southern Gulf Islands region of British Columbia, Canada, located between Saturna Island (E) and North and South Pender Islands. It is named for HMS Plumper, the survey ship of the Royal Navy engaged in charting the coastal waters of British Columbia in the colonial period. [1][2]

Plumper Sound should not be confused with Plumper Cove, a small cove that is home to the Plumper Cove Marine Provincial Park on Keats Island, also named after HMS Plumper.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Pender Island museum timeline". Archived from the original on 2015-07-27. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
  2. ^ "Pender island museum .org". Archived from the original on 2015-07-27. Retrieved 2015-07-12.

48°46′00″N 123°13′00″W / 48.76667°N 123.21667°W / 48.76667; -123.21667