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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.
Around 1910, the Nanoose Bay train station opened, [10] and was a flag stop when Via Rail on Vancouver Island ceased in 2011. Adjacent stops were about 18 kilometres (11 mi) south to Wellington, and 11 kilometres (7 mi) north to Parksville. [11]
Nanaimo (/ n ə ˈ n aɪ m oʊ / nə-NY-moh) is a city of about 100,000 on the east coast of Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada."The Harbour City" was previously known as the "Hub City", which was attributed to its original layout design with streets radiating from the shoreline like the spokes of a wagon wheel, and to its relatively central location on Vancouver Island.
The 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake was a 7.3 magnitude earthquake that struck at 10:15 a.m. on Sunday, June 23, 1946. [11] The main shock epicentre occurred in the Forbidden Plateau area north of Port Alberni. While most of the large earthquakes in the Vancouver area occur at tectonic plate boundaries, the 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake was ...
Qualicum Beach (/ ˈ k w ɒ l ɪ k ə m /) is a town located on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.In the 2021 census, it had a population of 9,303. [2] It is situated at the foot of Mount Arrowsmith, along the Strait of Georgia on Vancouver Island's northeastern coast.
Location km [1] mi Destinations Notes; Parksville: −1.90: −1.18: Highway 19A (Oceanside Route) – Qualicum Beach, Nanaimo: 0.00: 0.00: Highway 19 (Inland Island Highway) – Campbell River, Nanaimo: Allsbrook Interchange (Hwy 19 exit 51) Hwy 4A eastern terminus: Coombs: 9.67: 6.01: Highway 4 – Qualicum Beach, Port Alberni: Hwy 4A western ...
Sign in the town of Chemainus, on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Chemainus / ʃ ə ˈ m eɪ n ə s / is a community within the municipality of North Cowichan in the Chemainus Valley on the east coast of southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Founded as an unincorporated logging town in 1858, Chemainus is now famous for its 53 ...