Vancouver Island
Vancouver Island is a large island off the coast of British Columbia. As a region, it includes the Gulf Islands in the Strait of Georgia. It is often referred to by the locals as simply 'The Island'.Tap on the map to travel |
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Popular Destinations
Victoria
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Victoria is the capital of Canada's westernmost province; British Columbia, near the southern tip of Vancouver Island.
Sidney
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Sidney is a town of about 11,500 people north of Victoria, on Vancouver Island.
Destinations
Central Vancouver Island
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With coastline on two sides and mountains in the middle, Central Vancouver Island is a popular vacation and recreation area on Vancouver Island.
South Vancouver Island
South Vancouver Island is the southernmost and the most populous region of Vancouver Island.Southern Gulf Islands
The Southern Gulf Islands are the Canadian islands between Vancouver Island and the mainland of British Columbia in the Strait of Georgia.Discovery Islands
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The Discovery Islands are a group of sparsely populated islands in the Discovery Passage between Vancouver Island and the mainland of British Columbia.
North Vancouver Island
North Vancouver Island is the more remote, northern part of Vancouver Island.Pacific Rim National Park Reserve
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Pacific Rim National Park Reserve is a national park reserve on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.
Vancouver Island
- Type: Island with 749,000 residents
- Description: island of Canada
- Location: British Columbia, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude of center
49.7155° or 49° 42' 56" northLongitude of center
-125.7275° or 125° 43' 39" westPopulation
749,000Elevation
1,128 metres (3,701 feet)GeoNames ID
6173336Wikidata ID
Q170479Vancouver Island Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Vancouver-eiland
- Arabic: Vancouver
- Arabic: جزيرة فانكوفر
- Armenian: Վանկուվեր
- Asturian: Islla de Vancouver
- Azerbaijani: Vankuver (ada)
- Azerbaijani: Vankuver
- Bashkir: Ванкувер (утрау)
- Bashkir: Ванкувер
- Basque: Vancouver
- Basque: Vancouver uhartea
- Belarusian: Ванкувер
- Belarusian: Ванкувэр
- Breton: Enez Vancouver
- Bulgarian: Ванкувър
- Burmese: ဗန်ကူးဗားကျွန်း
- Catalan: Illa Vancouver
- Catalan: Illa de Vancouver
- Catalan: Vancouver
- Catalan: illa de Vancouver
- Cebuano: Vancouver Island
- Chinese: Vancouver Tó
- Chinese: 温哥华岛
- Chinese: 溫哥華島
- Croatian: Vancouver
- Czech: Vancouver
- Czech: Vancouver Island
- Czech: Vancouverův ostrov
- Danish: Vancouver Island
- Dutch: Vancouver-eiland
- Dutch: Vancouver
- Dutch: Vancouver Island
- Dutch: Vancouver eiland
- Dutch: Vancouvereiland
- English: Île de Vancouver
- Esperanto: Insulo Vankuvero
- Esperanto: Vankuvera Insulo
- Estonian: Vancouveri saar
- Finnish: Vancouver Island
- Finnish: Vancouverinsaari
- French: Ile de Vancouver
- French: Île Vancouver
- French: Île de Vancouver
- French: île de Vancouver
- Galician: Illa de Vancouver
- Georgian: ვანკუვერი
- German: Vancouver-Insel
- German: Vancouver Island
- Greek: Νήσος Βανκούβερ
- Hakka Chinese: Vancouver-tó
- Hausa: Vancouver-tó
- Hebrew: האי ונקובר
- Hebrew: ונקובר
- Hebrew: ונקובר איילנד
- Hungarian: Vancouver-sziget
- Icelandic: Vancouvereyja
- Ido: Insulo Vancouver
- Indonesian: Pulau Vancouver
- Irish: Oileán Vancouver
- Italian: Isola Vancouver
- Italian: Vancouver Island
- Italian: isola di Vancouver
- Japanese: バンクーバー島
- Japanese: ヴァンクーバー島
- Japanese: ヴァンクーヴァー島
- Kazakh: Vankwver aralı
- Kazakh: Ванкувер аралы
- Kazakh: ۆانكۋۆەر ارالى
- Korean: 밴쿠버섬
- Latin: Insula Vancuverium
- Latvian: Vankūvera
- Lithuanian: Vankuverio sala
- Lithuanian: Vankūverio sala
- Macedonian: Ванкувер
- Malayalam: വാൻകൂവർ ദ്വീപ്
- Min Nan Chinese: Vancouver Tó
- Norwegian: Vancouver Island
- Norwegian Bokmål: Vancouver Island
- Norwegian Bokmål: Vancouverøya
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Vancouver-øya
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Vancouver Island
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Øya Vancouver
- Occitan (post 1500): Illa de Vancouver
- Panjabi: ਵੈਨਕੂਵਰ ਆਈਲੈਂਡ
- Persian: جزیره ونکوور
- Persian: جزیرهٔ ونکوور
- Polish: Vancouver
- Portuguese: Ilha Vancouver
- Portuguese: Ilha de Vancouver
- Portuguese: Ilha de Vancôver
- Romanian: Insula Vancouver
- Romanian: Vancouver Island
- Russian: Vancouver
- Russian: Ванкувер (остров)
- Russian: Ванкувер
- Russian: Остров Ванкувер
- Russian: остров Ванкувер
- Serbian: Vancouver Island
- Serbian: Vankuver
- Serbian: Ванкувер
- Serbian: Острво Ванкувер
- Serbo-Croatian: Vancouver
- Slovak: Vancouverov ostrov
- Slovenian: Vancouvrov otok
- Spanish: Isla Vancouver
- Spanish: Isla de Quadra
- Spanish: Isla de Vancouver
- Spanish: Vancouver
- Swahili: Kisiwa Vancouver
- Swedish: Vancouver Island
- Swedish: Vancouverön
- Swedish: Île de Vancouver
- Tamil: வான்கூவர் தீவு
- Tumbuka: Vancouver Island
- Turkish: Vancouver Adası
- Turkish: Vancouver Island
- Ukrainian: Ванкувер
- Uzbek: Vankuver
- Vietnamese: Đảo Vancouver
- Waray (Philippines): Isla han Vancouver
- Waray (Philippines): Puro han Vancouver
- Waray (Philippines): Purô han Vancouver
- Waray (Philippines): Vancouver
- Waray (Philippines): Vancouver Island
- Waray (Philippines): Vancuouver
- Welsh: Ynys Vancouver
- Western Frisian: Vancouvereilân
- Wu Chinese: 温哥华岛
- Yue Chinese: 溫哥華島
- Isola di Vancouver
- Vancouver-eyja
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