Vancouver Island

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island landform

Vancouver Island is a large, mountainous island off Canada’s Pacific coast known for its temperate rainforests, rugged shorelines, and the city of Victoria, the capital of British Columbia.

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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form Occurrences
Vancouver Island region 2
Northern Vancouver Island 1
South Vancouver Island 1

Statements (89)

Predicate Object
instanceOf island ⓘ
landform ⓘ
adjacentTo Gulf Islands ⓘ
San Juan Islands ⓘ
borderedBy Juan de Fuca Strait ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
Queen Charlotte Strait ⓘ
Georgia Strait ⓘ
surface form: Strait of Georgia
containsCity Campbell River ⓘ
Courtenay ⓘ
Nanaimo ⓘ
Victoria ⓘ
containsForest Cathedral Grove ⓘ
containsHarbour Nanaimo Harbour ⓘ
Victoria Harbour ⓘ
containsProtectedArea Carmanah Walbran Provincial Park ⓘ
MacMillan Provincial Park ⓘ
Pacific Rim National Park Reserve ⓘ
Strathcona Provincial Park ⓘ
containsTown Duncan ⓘ
Ladysmith ⓘ
Parksville ⓘ
Port Alberni ⓘ
Port Hardy ⓘ
Port McNeill ⓘ
Qualicum Beach ⓘ
Sidney ⓘ
Sooke ⓘ
Tofino ⓘ
Ucluelet ⓘ
containsTrail Juan de Fuca Marine Trail ⓘ
West Coast Trail ⓘ
containsUniversity University of Victoria ⓘ
Vancouver Island University ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
ecoregion Pacific temperate rainforests ⓘ
exploredBy James Cook ⓘ
firstEuropeanExplorer Juan Pérez ⓘ
hasArea approximately 12,079 square miles ⓘ
approximately 31,285 square kilometres ⓘ
hasBiome temperate rainforest ⓘ
hasCapitalCity Victoria ⓘ
hasClimate temperate ⓘ
hasCoastlineType fjords ⓘ
rocky shores ⓘ
sandy beaches ⓘ
hasFerryConnectionsTo Horseshoe Bay ⓘ
British Columbia ⓘ
surface form: Mainland British Columbia

Tsawwassen ⓘ
Vancouver ⓘ
Washington ⓘ
surface form: Washington State
hasHighestElevation approximately 2,195 metres ⓘ
approximately 7,201 feet ⓘ
hasHighestPoint Golden Hind ⓘ
surface form: Golden Hinde
hasIndigenousPeoples Coast Salish peoples ⓘ
Kwakiutl people ⓘ
surface form: Kwakwakaʼwakw peoples

Nuu-chah-nulth peoples ⓘ
hasLargestCity Victoria ⓘ
hasLength approximately 290 miles ⓘ
approximately 460 kilometres ⓘ
hasMainAirport Victoria International Airport ⓘ
hasMajorIndustry education ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
forestry ⓘ
technology ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasPopulation over 800,000 people ⓘ
hasWidth up to about 50 miles ⓘ
up to about 80 kilometres ⓘ
knownFor hiking ⓘ
outdoor recreation ⓘ
rugged shorelines ⓘ
surfing at Tofino ⓘ
temperate rainforests ⓘ
whale watching ⓘ
wildlife viewing ⓘ
locatedIn British Columbia ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
locatedOffCoastOf Canada ⓘ
North America ⓘ
mountainRange Vancouver Island Ranges ⓘ
namedAfter George Vancouver ⓘ
partOf Insular Mountains ⓘ
British Columbia ⓘ
surface form: Province of British Columbia
separatedBy Johnstone Strait ⓘ
Queen Charlotte Strait ⓘ
Georgia Strait ⓘ
surface form: Strait of Georgia
separatedFrom Southwestern British Columbia ⓘ
surface form: British Columbia mainland
timeZone Pacific Time Zone ⓘ

Referenced by (41)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Georgia Strait → bordersIsland → Vancouver Island ⓘ
British Columbia → contains → Vancouver Island ⓘ
Cascadia Subduction Zone → extendsFrom → Vancouver Island ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Vancouver Island
Roosevelt elk → foundIn → Vancouver Island ⓘ
BC → hasIsland → Vancouver Island ⓘ
subject surface form: British Columbia
this entity surface form: Vancouver Island Colony
Canada West Coast → hasPart → Vancouver Island ⓘ
Canada West Coast → hasPart → Vancouver Island ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tofino
Canada West Coast → hasPart → Vancouver Island ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ucluelet
Explorer Plate → isLocatedWestOf → Vancouver Island ⓘ
Butchart Gardens → locatedIn → Vancouver Island ⓘ
Comox, British Columbia, Canada → locatedIn → Vancouver Island ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vancouver Island region
Esquimalt, Canada → locatedIn → Vancouver Island ⓘ
subject surface form: Esquimalt
this entity surface form: Southern Vancouver Island
Tofino → locatedIn → Vancouver Island ⓘ
University of Victoria → locatedIn → Vancouver Island ⓘ
Victoria International Airport → locatedIn → Vancouver Island ⓘ
Victoria, British Columbia → locatedIn → Vancouver Island ⓘ
this entity surface form: southern Vancouver Island
this entity surface form: Vancouver Island region
this entity surface form: South Vancouver Island
CFB Esquimalt → locatedOn → Vancouver Island ⓘ
Comox, British Columbia, Canada → locatedOn → Vancouver Island ⓘ
Nanaimo → locatedOn → Vancouver Island ⓘ
Victoria metropolitan area → locatedOn → Vancouver Island ⓘ
Victoria, British Columbia → locatedOn → Vancouver Island ⓘ
George Vancouver → namesakeOf → Vancouver Island ⓘ
Nootka Fault → near → Vancouver Island ⓘ
Chinatown, Victoria → region → Vancouver Island ⓘ
Fisherman’s Wharf → region → Vancouver Island ⓘ
subject surface form: Fisherman’s Wharf (Victoria)
Royal Roads University → region → Vancouver Island ⓘ
The Empress Hotel → region → Vancouver Island ⓘ
Tofino → region → Vancouver Island ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Coast of Vancouver Island
Georgia Strait → separates → Vancouver Island ⓘ
Juan de Fuca Strait → separates → Vancouver Island ⓘ
Victoria International Airport → serves → Vancouver Island ⓘ
Butchart Gardens → tourismRegion → Vancouver Island ⓘ
Kwakiutl people → traditionalTerritory → Vancouver Island ⓘ