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Thetis Island
Thetis Island is about 10.4 sq km in size, and has a population of about 340
people. There is an elementary school serving grades K to 7. This school is in
a different school board then the other Gulf Islands. The residents do most of
their shopping in Chemainus or Duncan, on Vancouver Island. There are
convenience groceries, on Thetis, at the two marinas in Telegraph Harbour.
Thetis enjoys BC Ferry service to and from Chemanius on Vancouver Island.
There is also a company, which offers regular floatplane service to Vancouver
from Thetis.
The name Thetis is from Greek myth, and was a Neriad, a sea nymph, and
daughter of Zeus. Thetis Island was named by Captain Augustus Leopold Kuper,
after his ship, the H.M.S. Thetis, a British frigate, which surveyed the area
circa 1851. Thetis was first settled in 1873.
Thetis Island and Kuper Island were originally joined by mud flats. In 1905 a
passage was dredged to allow boat traffic to pass.
Contact Li Read at RE/MAX Salt Spring, 131 Lower Ganges
Road, Salt Spring Island, BC, V8K 2T2, Toll-Free 1-800-731-7131