Vancouver Island, British Columbia
-460 Km long and up to 80 Km. wide
-longest island on the North American West Coast
- popultation of 734,800 in 2004
-claimed by James Cook in 1778 for the United Kingdom
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Campbell River
Salmon Capital of the World
-at the Entrance to Discovery Passage
-population of 29,500 in 2006
City Motto: Enriched by Land and Sea