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/vænkˈuvər ˈaɪlənd/ Listen

Vancouver Island

noun

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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Etymology of 'Vancouver Island'

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"Vancouver Island" Quotes from Famous Books

... California. Suddenly, one morning, the dim sky line resolved into the clear-cut edges of high land, but by night such a roaring hurricane had burst on the ships as drove them {320} far out from land, too far to see the opening of Juan de Fuca, leading in from Vancouver Island, though Cook called the cape there "Flattery," because he had hoped for an opening and been deluded. Clearer weather found Cook abreast a coast of sheer mountains with snowy summits jagging through the clouds in tent peaks. A narrow entrance opened into a two-horned cove. Small boats ...

— Canada: the Empire of the North - Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom • Agnes C. Laut

... hunting us. Up and down the length and breadth of the sealing-grounds they'd up and chase us whenever they'd get word of us—from the Japan coast back by way of the Aleutians—clear down, one time, a pair of 'em, till we had to put in behind Vancouver Island and hide the Hattie behind ...

— Sonnie-Boy's People • James B. Connolly

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