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  1. Island off the W coast of Canada, part of
  2. British Columbia. area 32,136 sq km/12,404 sq
  3. mi towns Victoria, Nanaimo, Esquimalt (naval
  4. base) products coal, timber, fish history
  5. visited by British explorer Cook 1778;
  6. surveyed 1792 by Capt George Vancouver
  7.