Flores Island is a small island (approximately 150 km²) in Clayoquot Sound, off the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
The village of Ahousaht is the only major settlement on the island. The island is home to many members of the Nuu-chah-nulth or Nootka First Nation. The island can only be accessed by boat or seaplane.
The main industry is fishing with some tourism. Tourism is promoted through the Walk on the Wildside hiking trail. 41 km² of Flores Island form part of the Flores Island Marine Provincial Park and the whole island is a part of Clayoquot Sound Biosphere Reserve.
Flores Island was named in 1791 by Francisco de Eliza, in honor of Manuel Antonio Flores, the 51st viceroy of New Spain.
Famous quotes containing the words flores and/or island:
“At Flores in the Azores Sir Richard Grenville lay,
And a pinnace, like a fluttered bird, came flying from far away:
‘Spanish ships of war at sea! we have sighted fifty-three!’”
—Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)
“We crossed a deep and wide bay which makes eastward north of Kineo, leaving an island on our left, and keeping to the eastern side of the lake. This way or that led to some Tomhegan or Socatarian stream, up which the Indian had hunted, and whither I longed to go. The last name, however, had a bogus sound, too much like sectarian for me, as if a missionary had tampered with it; but I knew that the Indians were very liberal. I think I should have inclined to the Tomhegan first.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)