Coal Harbour (Vancouver Island)

Coal Harbour is a harbour and community on northern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada located on the north side of Holberg Inlet in the Quatsino Sound region. It is named after a small and unsuccessful local coal mine that was founded in 1883. The village's most successful industry, however, was whaling. It was the last whaling station in British Columbia when it closed in 1967. The station utilized the original buildings of the RCAF.

This article is about the village on Vancouver Island, BC. For the neighbourhood and harbour in Vancouver, BC, see Coal Harbour. For other uses, see Coal Harbor (disambiguation).
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