Swindle Island facts for kids
Swindle Island is an island located off the coast of British Columbia, a province in Canada. It is found on the North Coast of British Columbia. The island is south of Princess Royal Island and is part of the Inside Passage, a popular shipping route.
A small First Nations community called Klemtu is on the eastern side of Swindle Island. It sits across from Cone Island. Price Island is just south of Swindle Island. Both islands are in the Kitimat-Stikine area. The very southern tip of Swindle Island is called Jorkins Point. This point is where Milbanke Sound and Finlayson Channel meet.
Volcanoes on Swindle Island
Swindle Island is part of a group of volcanoes known as the Milbanke Sound Group. This area has several small, cone-shaped volcanoes called cinder cones. These volcanoes usually erupt only once.
Kitasu Hill: A Young Volcano
Kitasu Hill is on the western side of Swindle Island. It is a young cinder cone made of a type of rock called basalt. When Kitasu Hill erupted, it sent out lava flows. These lava flows spread out to the north of the hill.
