Anvil Island

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Anvil Island (Squamish: Lhaxwm) is the third-largest of the islands in Howe Sound, British Columbia, Canada, and the northernmost of the major islands in that sound. It is part of West Howe Sound, Electoral Area F within the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) on the Sunshine Coast. The island offers steep unforgiving terrain from sea to sky, along with diverse ecology in its forests and along the coastline. It is located northeast of Gambier Island and southwest of Britannia Beach and west of Porteau Cove. The Defence Islands are to its northeast and are Indian reserves of the Squamish Nation. Christie Islet Migratory Bird Sanctuary is south of the island. Daybreak Point Bible Camp, operates on the southside of the island alongside several private cottages.

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