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Island off the W coast of Canada, part of
British Columbia. area 32,136 sq km/12,404 sq
mi towns Victoria, Nanaimo, Esquimalt (naval
base) products coal, timber, fish history
visited by British explorer Cook 1778;
surveyed 1792 by Capt George Vancouver