Yorke Island is located off of the north end of Hardwicke Island in the south end of Johnstone Strait. Located in the Inside Passage it occupies a choke point at the split of Johnstone Strait and Sunderland Channel which all vessels traveling between the Mainland and Vancouver Island have to pass.
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