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Comox

British  
/ ˈkəʊmɒks /

noun

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

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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

BC Ferries offers service from Powell River — though at times it also has expanded service to Comox on Vancouver Island in a triangle run.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 3, 2023

“But I was small,” he told the Comox Valley Record on his 100th birthday.

From Washington Post • May 21, 2022

Vane still had food enough to keep life in one man for a little while, and it would not be a long run to Comox with a strong northerly wind.

From Vane of the Timberlands by Bindloss, Harold