The closest communities are Pender Harbour, British Columbia and Egmont, both on the Sechelt Peninsula.

The house he built, Sunray, was a cottage with south-facing walls of glass the stretched out like the rays of a sun.

The southernmost part of the island is Fearney Point, named after Nelson's bargeman William Fearney who took charge of the swords of surrendered Spaniards during the Battle of Cape St Vincent.

The scene is commemorated on a bas-relief plaque at the foot of Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square, London.

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