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The area surrounding the marsh and greater Comox valley has been inhabited since the last ice age, with European contact occurring in the 1700s. [13] The marsh was briefly known as the Radford's Swamp, [ 14 ] and today, the K'omoks First Nation engages in various ecological protect and restoration projects, including the sharing of land and ...
The Comox Valley is a region on the east coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, ... The Comox Valley is a lowland area with deep alluvial soil. [1]
The partition left the new Comox Valley Regional District with only 8.4 percent of the former Comox-Strathcona's land area, but 57.9 percent of its population. The CVRD covers an area of 2,425 square kilometres, of which 1,725 square kilometres is land (the remainder is water), and serves a population of 72,445 according to the 2023 Census. [ 4 ]
Courtenay (/ ˈ k ɔːr t n i / KORT-nee) [1] is a city of about 26,000 on the east coast of Vancouver Island, in the Canadian province of British Columbia.It is the largest community and only city in the area commonly known as the Comox Valley, and the seat of the Comox Valley Regional District, which replaced the Comox-Strathcona Regional District.
Archaeological evidence suggests there was an active Coast Salish fishing settlement at Comox for at least 4,000 years. [6] Due to its gentle climate, fertile soil and abundant sea life, the Laich-kwil-tach conquerors of the area, and of the Kʼómoks, called the area kw'umuxws (Li'kwala for plentiful), which was eventually anglicized to Komoux and then to Comox.
Name Address Coordinates Government recognition (CRHP №) Image Billy Booth House 307 First Street Courtenay BC : Courtenay municipality () : Comox Valley Exhibition Grounds ...
Fremont, in Dodge County, Nebraska, was designated a micropolitan area. The Omaha–Fremont Combined Statistical Area has a population of 1,058,125 (2020 estimate). [3] [4] [5] Approximately 1.5 million people reside within the Greater Omaha area, within a 50 mi (80 km) radius of Downtown Omaha.
Its county seat is Omaha, [1] the state's most populous city. The county was established in 1854 and named after Stephen A. Douglas (1813–1861), who was then serving as a U.S. senator from Illinois. [2] [3] Douglas County is part of the Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Metropolitan Statistical Area. [4]