The communities on Keats Island are clustered around the two government wharves; "Keats Landing" on the west coast, facing Gibsons and having a view of Shoal Channel separating the island from the mainland, and the larger community of "Eastbourne" located on the southeast shore. In addition, "Plumper Cove" extends along the west shore of the island from Freeman's Bluff (just north of the government wharf at Keats landing) to Plumper Cove Marine Provincial Park, and "Melody Point" on the northwest tip of the island, facing Langdale, British Columbia on the mainland.