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Vancouver Island   /vænkˈuvər ˈaɪlənd/   Listen
Vancouver Island

noun
1.
An island off southwestern Canada (off the southwestern coast of British Columbia); the largest island off the west coast of North America.





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"Vancouver Island" Quotes from Famous Books



... North America from Atlantic to Pacific. One of the reasons for this late exploration of the north-west of North America was a geographical myth started by a Spanish voyager named Juan de Fuca as early as 1592. Coasting as far as Vancouver Island, he entered the inlet to the south of it, and not being able to see land to the north, brought back a report of a huge sea spreading over all that part of the country, which most geographers assumed ...
— The Story of Geographical Discovery - How the World Became Known • Joseph Jacobs


Words linked to "Vancouver Island" :   British Columbia, island


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