Vancouver Island is approximately 460 kilometers (about 286 miles) long and varies in width from about 50 kilometers (31 miles) in the north to around 100 kilometers (62 miles) in the south. The island is the largest in the Pacific Ocean, located off the southwestern coast of Canada, and is part of British Columbia. Its diverse landscapes include mountains, forests, and coastal areas.
Vancouver, the largest island in British Columbia is 285 miles long and 50 miles wide. In total there are 12, 079 square miles of Vancouver.
290 miles long by 50 miles wide at the islands greatest points
Vancouver BC to Long Island NY is 4,808 km via I-94 E
Vancouver Island is much bigger. Vancouver Island is more than twice the size of Prince Edward Island in land area and about five times more populous. Several mountains on Vancouver Island reach over 2100 meters in height (7000 ft.) while the highest point on PEI is 152 meters (499 ft.). According to Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vancouver Island has a land area of 31,285 sq. km. (12,079 sq. mi.). The island is 460 km. (285 mi.) long and averages 80 km (50 mi.) wide. The 2011 population of Vancouver Island was 762,042 according to Statistics BC. The largest city, Victoria (Capital of the province of British Columbia), had a population of 80,017. Prince Edward Island's total land area is 5,656 sq. km (2184 sq. mi). The Island is 224 km (139 miles) long and between 6 km and 64 km (4 and 40 miles) wide. The 2012 population was 146,105. The capital city, Charlottetown, has a population of 34,562. All of the PEI statistics come from PEI's provincial government website.
George Vancouver did not discover vancouver BC it was simply named after him he actually discovered Vancouver Island it was actually Vancouver and Quadra Island , but the spanish shortened it to just simply Vancouver island.
Vancouver Island only.
It is on an island called Vancouver Island.
Vancouver Island
It depends on where the earthquake takes place. If it takes place on Vancouver Island,then the effect would happen on Vancouver Island. If happens in Vancouver,then the effect would happen in Vancouver.
Vancouver Island is much bigger.
Victoria is the largest city in Vancouver Island.
alot of cities are on Vancouver island