title: Madrona Island
text: # Madrona Island
  
  Madrona Island, formerly also known as Arbutus Island, is an island in the Carey Group, located southeast of Crease Island in the Johnstone Strait region of the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada.
  
  ## Name origin
  
  Madrona comes from the Spanish language madroño, referring to any of several evergreen trees (genus Arbutus) of the heath family. The Pacific Arbutus is common throughout the South Coast of British Columbia.
  
  