Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Yorke Island is located off of the north end of Hardwicke Island in the south end of Johnstone Strait. Located in the Inside Passage, it occupies a choke point at the split of Johnstone Strait and Sunderland Channel which all vessels traveling between the Mainland and Vancouver Island have to pass. As Hardwicke Island separates two channels offering passages between Vancouver Island and the mainland coast of British Columbia, Yorke Island is strategically placed to protect the entrances of what was considered the backdoor access to Vancouver during WWII.. }
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- Yorke_Island_coastal_fort abstract "Yorke Island is located off of the north end of Hardwicke Island in the south end of Johnstone Strait. Located in the Inside Passage, it occupies a choke point at the split of Johnstone Strait and Sunderland Channel which all vessels traveling between the Mainland and Vancouver Island have to pass. As Hardwicke Island separates two channels offering passages between Vancouver Island and the mainland coast of British Columbia, Yorke Island is strategically placed to protect the entrances of what was considered the backdoor access to Vancouver during WWII.".