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Gilford Island is an island in British Columbia, Canada, between Tribune Channel and Knight Inlet. BC Names/GeoBC entry "Gilford Island" It has an area of . Turnour Island is to its south, across Tribune Channel; and the entrance to Thompson Sound is to its east.
Port Elizabeth is a large bay or port on the island's south side, at . It was named by Daniel Pender about 1867 for Elizabeth Henrietta, wife of Lord Gilford and daughter or Sir Arthur E. Kennedy, Governor of Vancouver Island at the time was assigned to the Pacific Station, 1862–1864, under Lord Gilford's command. Gilford Point at marks the south side of the entrance to Port Elizabeth. BC Names/GeoBC entry "Gilford Point" Duck Cove at is at the head of the port. BC Names/GeoBC entry "Duck Cove" Maple Cove, formerly Maple Bay, is on the port's north side at BC Names/GeoBC entry "Maple Cove"
There is on the island an historic indigenous community of the Kwakwaka'wakw people called Gwayasdums or Gwa'yasdams, which was destroyed by the Nuxalk in 1856 though today has been reoccupied. "Gwa'yasdams" EmilyCarr.org website
Another former village, Metap, was at the head of Viner Sound on the island's northwest coast, though today there is only an Indian reserve, officially named "Meetup Indian Reserve No. 2". BC Names/GeoBC entry "Metap (Former First Nations village" BCNames/GeoBC entry "Meetup 2 (Indian reserve)"
Another Indian reserve on Gilford Island, Dakiulis Indian Reserve No. 7, is at the tip of Islet Point on the northwest side of the island, 0.70 ha. at BC Names/GeoBC entry "Dakiulis 7 (Indian reserve)"
Kyimla Indian Reserve No. 11 is on the east side of the island at Trafford Point. It is 1.10 ha. in size and is located at . BC Names/GeoBC entry "Kyimla 11 (Indian reserve)"
Another settlement on the island is Scott Cove, at the bay of the same name on the northwest side of the island. BC Names/GeoBC entry "Scott Cove (locality)"
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