Port Alberni

[ pawrtal-bur-nee ]

noun
  1. a seaport in southwestern British Columbia, Canada, on the east-central part of Vancouver Island, at the head of the island’s longest inlet.

Origin of Port Alberni

1
First recorded in 1845–50; named by Captain Richards of the HMS Hecate after Pedro de Alberní y Teixidor, Spanish (Catalan) soldier and explorer

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