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Comox

British  
/ ˈkəʊmɒks /

noun

  1. a member of a Salishan Native Canadian people living on Vancouver Island

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Initial plans are focusing on key areas, including a proposed civic redevelopment site with a community center, municipal buildings, and affordable housing, as well as an industrial zone near Comox Lake.

From Science Daily ● May 6, 2026

Beginning in 1888 and continuing until the late 1960s, about 16 million tonnes of coal were extracted from the Comox Valley, according to historian Dawn Copeman.

From Science Daily ● May 6, 2026

“I’m proud in my quiet little way,” he told the Comox Valley Record when he turned 100.

From Washington Post ● May 21, 2022

John Neilson, an independent fisheries scientist based in Comox, B.C., co-chaired the marine fish subcommittee of the advisory panel.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 6, 2018

It is thought to be more than likely that the Comox District may prove far more productive than the Nanaimo region.

From On Canada's Frontier Sketches of History, Sport, and Adventure and of the Indians, Missionaries, Fur-traders, and Newer Settlers of Western Canada by Julian Ralph

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