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Is Vancouver Island in the US or Canada?
Vancouver is located on the main land BC. The island was named after the explorer George Vancouver who was on Cook's last expedition.
Who owns Vancouver island?
No one. Land on Vancouver Island can be bought and sold freely. There are thousands of individuals and corporations owning pieces of the island, but no one owns the whole thing. If your thinking of national teritorial boundaries though, then Canada has sovereignty over Vancouver Island. In fact, Victoria, the capital of Canada's third most heavily populated province, is on Vancouver Island.
Who discovered Vancouver Island?
Captain George Vancouver originally reached Vancouver Island in 1776 as master of the Endeavor, one of three ships commanded by Captain James Cook on his explorations of the Pacific Ocean. Vancouver returned to Vancouver Island as captain of the Discovery in 1788, on a mapping expedition of the coastline north of the Columbia River delta.
What are the landforms in Vancouver Canada?
It is on an island called Vancouver Island.
What is the island west of Vancouver British Columbia?
Vancouver Island
