Vancouver Island

English

Etymology

Named after English explorer George Vancouver.

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Vancouver Island

  1. A large island off the southwest coast of British Columbia, Canada.
    • 2022, Emily St. John Mandel, Sea of Tranquility, Picador, pages 22-23:
      The inlets and coves and little islands are on their starboard side, and just beyond them rises the immensity of Vancouver Island, its forests ascending into mountains whose summits are lost in low cloud.
    • 2024 November 2, Maryse Zeidler, “Hereditary chiefs slam Vancouver Island city council for remarks on restoring Indigenous place names”, in CBC News‎[1]:
      The hereditary chiefs of the Liǧʷiłdaxʷ nations on Vancouver Island have sent a scathing letter to the mayor and council of Campbell River, B.C., regarding their remarks on a proposal to restore the Indigenous names of three geographical areas.

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