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Vancouver Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (689 words) |
 | Vancouver Island is separated from mainland British Columbia by the Strait of Georgia and the Queen Charlotte Strait, and from Washington State by the Juan De Fuca Strait. |
| By the late 1700s, the primary First Nations on the island were the Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) on the west coast, the Salish on the south and east coasts, and the Kwakiutl in the centre of the island and the north. |
| The island was further explored by Spain in 1789 by Esteban José MartÃÂnez, who built Fort San Miguel on one of Vancouver Island's small offshore islets in the Sound near Yuquot. |
| Nootka Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (89 words) |
| Nootka Island is an island near Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. |
| It is separated from Vancouver Island by Nootka Sound. |
| The island is named after a group of people indigenous to Vancouver Island, formerly called the Nootka. |
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