Haddington Island (British Columbia)
- Haddington Island (British Columbia)
Haddington Island is a small volcanic island in the Canadian province of British Columbia, located south of Malcolm Island and Broughton Strait. It is located in the Mount Waddington Regional District.
The closest major community to Haddington Island is Port Hardy.[ [http://www.bcminerals.ca/files/bc_industrial_mineral_operations/000240.php Mineral Resources Education Program of BC] ] ]Geology
Haddington Island is a member in the chain of volcanic peaks that run from Brooks Peninsula northeastward across Vancouver Island to Port McNeill called the Alert Bay Volcanic Belt. The existence of felsite and andesite at Haddington Island suggests it might have formed 3.7 million years ago as the Juan de Fuca and Explorer Plate to its west have been subducting under the North American Plate at the Cascadia subduction zone.[cite book|last=Wood | first=Charles A. | coauthors=Kienle, Jürgen| chapter= | pages= | title=Volcanoes of North America: United States and Canada | year=2001 | edition= | publisher=Cambridge University Press | location=Cambridge, England| isbn= 9780521438117|oclc= 27910629] ]The grey to bluff andesite on Haddington Island is considered by many to be British Columbia's finest building stone because it is easily profiled and carved. Some of British Columbia's landmark buildings were faced with Haddington Island andesite: the Vancouver Hotel and the British Columbia Parliament Buildings in Victoria. [ [http://www.bedrockgranitesales.com/products.html Natural Landscape Stones - Bedrock Granite Sales, Andesite, Basalt, Rhyolite, Sandstone - Vancouver, BC, Canada] ]
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