page_title: Alberni Valley
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Alberni Valley / Geography
caption_attribution_description: British Colombia
context_page_description: The Alberni Valley is located on Vancouver Island. It is home to Port Alberni, Sproat Lake and other outlining areas. The term is largely used as a synonym for Greater Port Alberni and adjoining communities but is used in a larger regional sense as well. Various local organizations and companies use the term "Alberni Valley" in their name, e.g. the Alberni Valley Times and Alberni Valley News newspapers the Alberni Valley Chamber of Commerce and the Alberni Valley Bulldogs minor hockey team. The Canadian pioneer, Joe Drinkwater lived in Alberni Valley during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
context_section_description: Mount Arrowsmith is the largest mountain on southern Vancouver Island. It has some of the most accessible alpine and sub-alpine areas for Victoria and other large towns on the Island. These zones contain several rare and endangered species of plants and animals, the most notable of which is the Vancouver Island Marmot, which has the dubious distinction of being Canada's rarest mammal. Although the mountain is contained within a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve it is not part of a park. Efforts are currently underway to confer official park status on the alpine areas of the Arrowsmith massif and surrounding areas.
  Beaufort Range North of Port Alberni and west of Qualicum Beach.
  Ash Lake
  Buttle Lake
  Cameron Lake
  Devils Den Lake
  Dickson Lake
  Doran Lake
  Elsie Lake
  Esary Lake
  Father and Son Lake
  Gracie Lake
  Great Central Lake is a large lake in the Alberni Valley The lake has a surface area of 51 square kilometres and a maximum depth of 294 m. It takes its name from the fact that it is a large lake in the center of Vancouver Island.
  Henderson Lake (British Columbia)
  Henry Lake
  Horne Lake
  Kammat Lake
  Kennedy Lake is the largest lake on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Located northeast of Ucluelet on the Island's central west coast, the lake is formed chiefly by the confluence of the Clayoquot and Kennedy Rivers.
  Labour Day Lake
  Lacy Lake
  Little Toquart Lake
  Lizard Pond
  Lowry Lake
  Long Lake
  McLaughlin Lake
  Maggie Lake
  Marshy Lake
  Muriel Lake
  Nahmint Lake
  Nitinat Lake
  Sproat Lake, named after Gilbert Malcolm Sproat, is a lake in central Vancouver Island. Home of the last Martin Mars Waterbombers, and nearby to Port Alberni.
  Tsable Lake
  Toquart Lake
  Turnbull Lake
  Turtle Lake
  Uchuck Lake
  Stamp Falls
  Stamp River
  Somass River
  Kennedy River
  Ash River
  Taylor River
  Rogers Creek
  China Creek
  Drinkwater Creek
  Cherry Creek
  Beaver Creek
  Sproat River
  Alberni Inlet is a long, narrow inlet in Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, that stretches from the Pacific Ocean at Barkley Sound about 40 kilometres (25 mi) inland terminating at Port Alberni.
  Barkley Sound
  Della Falls  Della Falls is a waterfall in Strathcona Provincial Park on Vancouver Island. It is widely regarded as the tallest in Canada.
caption: Alberni Canal at China Creek
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