Sayward
Sign in to saveSayward is a village located in the Sayward Valley on the northeast coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. It is about inland from Kelsey Bay on a spur from Highway 19.
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Place details
- Locality
- Sayward
- Region
- British Columbia
- Country
- Canada
- Population
- 334
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Sayward
- Settlement.official_name
- Village of Sayward
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
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- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Vancouver Island#Canada British Columbia
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- Location of Sayward in British Columbia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Canada
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- British Columbia
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Vancouver Island
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- Canada
- Located in
- Strathcona Regional District
- Area
- +4.72
- Elevation
- +30
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Sayward is a village located in the Sayward Valley on the northeast coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. It is about inland from Kelsey Bay on a spur from Highway 19.
The village (like its West Kootenays namesake) was called after William Parsons Sayward, a successful Victoria lumber merchant who was born in Maine in 1818 and came to Victoria from California in 1858. The 2016 population of the village was 311, down from 341 in 2006 and 379 in 2001. The village lies off the coast of Hardwicke Island.