Vancouver Island
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Vancouver Island
First recorded in 1845–50; named after British Royal Navy Captain George Vancouver (1757–1798)
Example Sentences
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Two more couples are isolating on Vancouver Island, one from British Columbia and the other from Yukon.
From BBC ● May 16, 2026
The answer appears to lie off the coast of Vancouver Island, in the Cascadia region.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 29, 2026
Did the sea kelp—immediately frozen after it’s harvested, resembling chopped spinach—arrive safely to New York from Vancouver Island?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026
And there was the catastrophic mega-tsunami of 1700, originating from a magnitude 9 earthquake over the Cascadia fault system, which runs offshore from Northern California to Vancouver Island for 700 miles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2024
Vancouver Island was just visible on the horizon.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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