Whaletown, BC, Canada

Whaletown, BC, Canada is a submarine cable landing point in Canada (coordinates 50.1112°, -125.0493°). It serves 1 submarine cable system, making it a single-cable landing in Canada's international connectivity infrastructure.

Whaletown is a settlement on Cortes Island, British Columbia, Canada. It is known as the gateway to Cortes Island. A public ferry links Whaletown to Heriot Bay on Quadra Island. It is featured in the 2013 Man Booker long-list work of fiction by author Ruth Ozeki, A Tale for the Time Being. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Connectivity profile

From Whaletown, BC, Canada, international traffic can reach 1 countries through 1 cable system. Destinations include Canada. This location depends on a single cable system — a characteristic that makes it strategically sensitive to physical disruptions.

Monitoring status

No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Whaletown, BC, Canada in the past 90 days — all connected systems remained within normal latency thresholds. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• Connected Coast (2024) — Connected Coast is a domestic submarine cable network within Canada, connecting 108 coastal and island locations including Addenbroke Island, Ahousat, Alert Bay, Bamfield, Bella Bella, and 103 more. The system provides essential telecommunications infrastructure for communities that would otherwise depend entirely on satellite or microwave links. Read more →

Submarine cable data from TeleGeography. Geographic context from Wikipedia. Monitoring metrics updated continuously by GeoCables.