Named after the Spanish explorer Dionisio Alcalá-Galiano, who explored the area in 1792, the island was long inhabited by aboriginal people from a Coast Salish nation.
Named after the Spanish explorer Dionisio Alcalá-Galiano, who explored the area in 1792, the island is twinned with his home city-Cabra, Spain. Galiano was long inhabited by aboriginal people from a Coast Salish nation.