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Vancouver's ships anchored off Monterey three times (Nov–Dec. 1792, Oct–Nov. 1793, and Nov–Dec. 1794), visiting the mission and presidio (shown here). During their winter in Hawaii, the Discovery sailed around the north side of the Island of HawaiĘ»i , and the Chatham the south, meeting at Kealakekua Bay . [ 10 ]
The Island highway is a mix of 4-lane freeway, 4 lane arterial highway and 2 lane highway running roughly along the east shore of Vancouver Island. Access to the west coast of Vancouver Island can be accomplished by crossing mountain passes on Highway 4 to Tofino and Highway 28 to Gold River. Thousands of other roads ranging from small freeways ...
West Coast of Vancouver Island Broken Islands Group, Cape Scott, Nootka Sound, Kyuquot Sound, Clayoquot Sound Lower Mainland , primarily consisting of river or lake islands in Burrard Inlet , Harrison Lake , and the Fraser River .
Vancouver Island is an island in the northeastern Pacific Ocean and part of the Canadian province of British Columbia.The island is 456 km (283 mi) in length, 100 km (62 mi) in width at its widest point, [4] and 32,100 km 2 (12,400 sq mi) in total area, while 31,285 km 2 (12,079 sq mi) are of land.
The southern end of Queen Charlotte Strait is described as "several narrow channels north and east of Malcolm Island". [ 4 ] The strait lies between the mainland and Vancouver Island portions of the Regional District of Mount Waddington , a form of regional municipal governance with power over zoning, building and sewer permits and inter ...
The Sunshine Coast is a geographic subregion of the British Columbia Coast that generally comprises the regional districts of qathet and Sunshine Coast. [1]While populous and frequently visited by tourists, the Sunshine Coast can be reached only by ferry (commonly BC Ferries) or by floatplane, as no access roads have been built around or across the fjords separating it from the rest of the ...
British Columbia's 1,125 km (700 mi) portion of the route includes the wide, protected Strait of Georgia between Vancouver Island and the B.C. mainland, the narrow Johnstone Strait and Discovery Passage between Vancouver Island and the mainland, Blackfish Sound at the northern end of Vancouver Island as well as a long stretch of 400 km (250 mi ...
The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California, in 1881. [3] Based in the Greater Los Angeles city of El Segundo since 2018, [ 4 ] it is the sixth-largest newspaper in the nation and the largest in the Western United States with a print circulation of 118,760.