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Mansons Landing is an unincorporated community near the southern tip of Cortes Island, British Columbia, Canada.

It was originally the location of the Cortez Island Post Office [sic], which opened April 1, 1893 with Michael Manson as postmaster, and closed December 1, 1898. The post office was re-opened on May 1, 1904. The name was adopted into the provincial gazette as a steamboat landing and settlement on April 6, 1950. The post office had been renamed Mansons Landing Post Office on July 9, 1941.

As of 2013, the Cortes Natural Food Coop & Espresso Bar, the Cortes Market, Marnies Books, the Mansons Community Hall, the Cortes Health Clinic, the Cortes Elementary / Jr. Secondary school, the Cortes Museum, and the Cortes Volunteer Fire department are all located in Mansons landing.