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Cedar is a small community in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is located near the east coast of Vancouver Island — about 8 kilometers (5 miles) southeast of Nanaimo. Its geographical coordinates are 49°07′N, 123°51′W.[1] Near Cedar are DeCourcy Island and Reid Islands, which were once home to the mystical rake Brother XII. Main articles: History of Canada, Timeline of Canadian history Canada has been inhabited by aboriginal peoples (known in Canada as First Nations) for at least 40,000 years. ...
Motto: Splendor sine occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Official languages English (de facto) Government Lieutenant-Governor Steven Point Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament House seats 36 Senate seats 6 Confederation July 20, 1871 (6th province) Area Ranked 5th Total 944...
Vancouver Island is separated from mainland British Columbia by the Strait of Georgia and the Queen Charlotte Strait, and from Washington by the Juan De Fuca Strait. ...
Nanaimo (2004 pop. ...
De Courcy Island is one of the Gulf Islands located in the Northumberland Channel approximately 16 km (10 miles) south-east of Nanaimo, British Columbia and approximately 38 km (24 miles) south-west of Vancouver, British Columbia. ...
Brother XII was a notorious esoteric, New Age charlatan, womanizer and confidence trickster who founded a cult, then swindled middle-aged women in Canadas Nanaimo region. ...
The village was so named because of the profusion of Thuja plicata trees in its vicinity, known as the Western Red Cedar. Cedar as a locality certainly existed prior to 1888, as on 1 April of that year a post office was opened.[2] Binomial name Thuja plicata Donn ex D.Don Thuja plicata (Western Redcedar) is a species of thuja, an evergreen coniferous tree in the cypress family Cupressaceae, native to the northwestern United States and southwestern Canada, from southern Alaska and British Columbia south to northwest California and inland to western Montana. ...
Year 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
References
- ^ Natural Resources Canada
- ^ BC Geographical Names Information System
Communities on Vancouver Island
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Vancouver Island is separated from mainland British Columbia by the Strait of Georgia and the Queen Charlotte Strait, and from Washington by the Juan De Fuca Strait. ...
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Located on Flores Island, in British Columbia, Canada (49°17ⲠN 126°4ⲠW), Ahousat is northwest of Tofino, the nearest centre - itself located on Vancouver Island. ...
The Bamfield community with a population of around 200, is surrounded by crown land, indian reserves, portions of the Pacific Rim National Park and the famous West coast trail drawing visitors from all around the world. ...
Bamfield is a small community is surrounded by Crown land, Indian Reserves, and portions of the Pacific Rim National Park. ...
Black Creek, British Columbia, is a small primarily agricultural hamlet and bedroom community to both Campbell River (approximately 20 km to the north) and Courtenay (approximately 16 km to the south). ...
Location of Bowser, British Columbia Bowser, (Population 130), is community on the east coast of Vancouver Island located 66 km north of Nanaimo. ...
Brentwood Bay, British Columbia is a small village just north of Victoria and south of Sidney on the southern tip of Vancouver Island. ...
Buckley Bay is a geographical location on the east coast of Vancouver Island, located between Union Bay to the north and Fanny Bay to the south. ...
Motto: non mangiamo i cervelli (Enriched by land and sea) Location of Campbell River, British Columbia Coordinates: , Country Canada Province British Columbia Region Comox-Strathcona Founded 1855 Incorporated 1947 Government - Mayor Roger McDonell - Governing body Campbell River Council Area - City 143. ...
Cassidy, British Columbia is located south of Nanaimo and is home to the Ray Collishaw International Airport, Nanaimos only airfield. ...
Central Saanich is a district municipality in Greater Victoria and a member municipality of the Capital Regional District. ...
Chemainus is a town on the east coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. ...
Clo-oose is a small, native Indian village of the Canadian province of British Columbia. ...
While named after a small and unsuccessful local coal mine that was founded in 1883, this Vancouver Island villages most successful industry was whaling. ...
Cobble Hill is a small town in the Cowichan Valley. ...
Colwood is a city located on Vancouver Island to the southwest of Victoria, capital of British Columbia. ...
Coordinates: Country Canada Province British Columbia Regional District Comox-Strathcona Incorporated 1953 Government - Mayor Jim Brass Area - City 26. ...
Coombs is a small community on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, situated on provincial highway 4A approximately ten kilometres west of Parksville. ...
Courtenay is a city on the east coast of Vancouver Island, in the province of British Columbia, Canada. ...
Cowichan Bay is a bay and community located near Duncan, in British Columbia. ...
Crofton, British Columbia, Canada, is a small town that is part of the District of North Cowichan on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. ...
Cumberland is a village in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. ...
Aerial view of Deep Bay Marina with Baynes Sound, Denman Island (Chrome Island Light off its tip) and Hornby Island in the background. ...
Duncan, The City of Totems (pop. ...
Errington is a small mountain settlement in Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, located on Errington Road, off Highway 4, just south of Parksville and Qualicum Beach. ...
The Township of Esquimalt is a municipality at the southern tip of Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. ...
Fanny Bay is a small village of the Canadian province of British Columbia. ...
, Gold River is a village located close to the centre of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. ...
Harewood is the name of a lake and a plain of the Canadian province of British Columbia. ...
The District of Highlands (locally known as The Highlands) is a municipal district on the Saanich Peninsula, near Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. ...
Holberg (pop. ...
Honeymoon Bay is an unincorporated town of the Canadian province of British Columbia. ...
Ladysmith is a town located on the 49th parallel on the east coast of Vancouver Island British Columbia, Canada. ...
Lake Cowichan is located on southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia. ...
Langford is a city of 22,459 residents on southern Vancouver Island, within the province of British Columbia, Canada. ...
Lantzville is a coastal community on the east side of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada along the western shore of Strait of Georgia and immediately north of the City of Nanaimo, British Columbia. ...
Malahat or The Malahat refers to an unincorporated district, region, highway, passenger train, and First Nations tribe located on the western side of Saanich Inlet on southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. ...
Maple Bay is a seaside community located in the Cowichan Valley of southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. ...
Unincorporated community in the Comox Valley between the City of Courtenay, Mount Washington, Dove Creek, and Black Creek near the east coast of Vancouver Island. ...
Mesachie Lake is a village on Vancouver Island, Canada. ...
The District of Metchosin is a small, coastal community (fewer than 5000 people) in Greater Victoria, British Columbias Western Communities. ...
Mill Bay is a town of about 3,200 people located on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada about 30 km north of Victoria, British Columbia, the capital. ...
There are several federal and provincial electoral districts with the name Nanaimo. ...
Nanoose Bay (pop. ...
North Cowichan is a District municipality on the east coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada in the Cowichan Valley Regional District. ...
North Saanich is located on the Saanich Peninsula, approximately 25 kilometres north of Victoria, British Columbia on southern Vancouver Island. ...
Oak Bay is a municipality in the Capital Regional District on Vancouver Island in the province of British Columbia, Canada. ...
Oceanside is a name adopted for a group of communities on the eastern coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. ...
Oyster River is a small community located between Campbell River, BC (12 km to the north) and Black Creek, BC (100m to the south) mainly along or shortly off of Highway 19A. It is home to around 1500 people and a very small commercial sector. ...
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Port Alberni is a city located in the province of British Columbia in Canada. ...
Port Alice is a small, quiet, town of approx. ...
Location of Port Hardy, British Columbia Port Hardy is a small community in British Columbia, Canada located on the north-eastern coast of Vancouver Island. ...
Port McNeill is a small community on the north-eastern coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia (south-western Canada) with a population of 2,623 (2006). ...
Cities of Vancouver Island Port Renfrew is a town on the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, located approximatety 2. ...
Qualicum Beach is a town located in the Regional District of Nanaimo, British Columbia. ...
Quatsino is a small fishing hamlet of 91 people off Quatsino Sound in Northern Vancouver Island, Canada. ...
River Jordan is a small settlement on the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, located approximatelty 70 km west of Victoria at , . Historically a logging camp, River Jordan has become a destination for Surfing in recent years. ...
Royston is a small town which is part of the greater Comox Valley region, on Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. ...
// Introduction The District of Saanich is a municipality on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. ...
Saanichton is a component community of the district municipality of Central Saanich, north of Victoria, British Columbia Categories: | ...
Saltair is an unincorporated community with a population of 1,800 on the east coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada located between Chemainus and Ladysmith. ...
, Sayward is a village located on the northeast coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. ...
Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia, is a small community on Vancouver Island with a population of approximately 4000. ...
Sidney is a town located at the northern end of the Saanich Peninsula, on Vancouver Island in the Canadian province of British Columbia. ...
Sooke is an incorporated district municipality situated on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, Canada. ...
Tahsis Population: 892 The Village of Tahsis — 19 nautical miles from Friendly Cove — was the dream of Mr. ...
A tiny community of about 20 in British Columbia, Canada that grew out of a one room station on the Cambell River. ...
Tofino is a village of about 1,650 residents on the west coast of Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada, located at the western terminus of provincial highway 4. ...
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Union Bay is a small community approximately 15 kilometers south of Courtenay,BC the largest city in the Comox Valley. ...
Greater Victoria (also known as the Greater Victoria Region) is located in British Columbia, Canada, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island. ...
This article is about the city of Victoria. ...
View Royal is a municipality in Greater Victoria and a part of the Capital Regional District of British Columbia, Canada. ...
Westholme is a community located alongside the Island Highway, between Chemainus and Duncan in British Columbia, Canada, offering farmlands and mountain landscapes. ...
Winter Harbour is a fishing village of 20 people on the northern tip of Vancouver Island. ...
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Youbou is a community located on the north shore of Cowichan Lake, west of Duncan and a 25-minute drive west of the community of Lake Cowichan, Canada. ...
This small settlement of less than 20 is known as the birthplace of British Columbia. ...
Zeballos (pop. ...
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