Vancouver Island
proper noun
- island in British Columbia, Canada, off the southwest coast
- former British colony in North America
Wiktionary
name
Etymology: Named after English explorer George Vancouver.
- A large island off the southwest coast of British Columbia, Canada.
“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.”
“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.”