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Penelakut Island

island in British Columbia, Canada
Organization island Q3890699
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Summary

Penelakut Island is an island[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (192 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: British Columbia[3]
  • Country: Canada[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Strait of Georgia[5], Salish Sea[6]
  • Instance of: Indian reservation of Canada[7]
  • Named after: Penelakut[8], Augustus Leopold Kuper[9]
  • Executive body: Penelakut First Nation[10]
  • Commons category: Penelakut Island[11]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Gulf Islands[12]
  • Significant event: 2021 Canadian Indian residential school gravesite discoveries[13]
  • Population: 446[14], 452[15]
  • Name: Penelakut Island[16]
  • Language used: English[17], Halkomelem[18]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Indigenous peoples of North America[19]

Why It Matters

Penelakut Island has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

Canada

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . Canadian Geographical Names Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . BC Geographical Names. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . BC Geographical Names. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . BC Geographical Names. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 10
    Located in time zone → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['ceb', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'fr', 'sv', 'ur', 'zh']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/58669|batch #58669]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 12w ago · Dirac · 2026-07-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Gulf Islands map.png
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Image: Gulf Islands map.png, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/261337|batch #261337]]"
  3. 23w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in/on physical feature → Gulf Islands
    Instance of → island, Indian reservation of Canada
    Significant event → 2021 Canadian Indian residential school gravesite discoveries
    Population → {'amount': '+446'}, {'amount': '+452'}
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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