Van Anda, British Columbia
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Van Anda, formerly spelled Vananda, is an unincoporated settlement on Texada Island in the northern Gulf of Georgia in British Columbia, Canada. It has a population of approximately 70 people. Other locations on the island include Blubber Bay and Gillies Bay.
[edit] Name origin
Named after the Van Anda Copper & Gold Mining Company, which company owned 840 acres (3.4 km2) on the northeast side of the island, including the "Copper Queen" claim here; president Edward Blewitt, Seattle capitalist and miner who named both his son and his mining company after his friend Carr Van Anda, a well-known New York City journalist in the 1870's.
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Coordinates: 49°45′30″N 124°33′00″W / 49.75833°N 124.55°W
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- Populated places in the Powell River Regional District
- Unincorporated settlements in British Columbia
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