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Jemmy Jones Island is an island in British Columbia, Canada. It's located off the coast of Oak Bay in the Oak Bay Islands Ecological Reserve in the Strait of Georgia northwest of the Chatham Islands and Discovery Island.

The island was named after Captain James "Jemmy" Jones, who crashed his schooner into the island.

References

Finn J.D. John. "Rascally sea-captain was like a 19th-century Hans Solo". Off Beat Oregon.

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The Gulf Islands of British Columbia

Northern Gulf Islands

Major	Denman Hardy Hornby Lasqueti Nelson Texada Thormanby Islands
Minor	Ahgykson (Harwood) Hernando Jedediah Mitlenatch Musket Savary

Southern Gulf Islands

Major	Gabriola Galiano Mayne Moresby North and South Pender Penelakut Prevost Salt Spring Saturna Sidney Thetis Valdes
Minor	Belle Chain Islets Brethour Chain Islets Chatham Islands Curlew D'Arcy Dayman De Courcy Discovery James Jemmy Jones Mudge Newcastle North Secretary Parker Piers Portland Protection Ruxton Samuel Skull Trial Islands Wallace

48°26′41″N 123°16′23″W / 48.4446°N 123.2730°W / 48.4446; -123.2730

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