island of British Columbia, Canada, off the SW coast: 12,408 sq mi (32,137 sq km)
seaport in SW British Columbia, opposite this island, on the Strait of Georgia: pop. 514,000 (met. area, 1,832,000)
seaport in SW Wash., on the Columbia River, opposite Portland, Oreg.: pop. 144,000
mountain of the St. Elias Range, on the Alaska-Yukon border: 15,700 ft (4,785 m)
See Vancouver in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(văn-ko͞oˈvər)
A city of southwest British Columbia, Canada, on the Strait of Georgia opposite Vancouver Island. The largest city in the province, it is a major port, commercial and industrial center, and railroad hub. Population: 578,000.
A city of southwest Washington on the Columbia River opposite Portland, Oregon. Founded as Fort Vancouver by the Hudson's Bay Company in the 1820s, it is a deep-water port with shipyards, lumber mills, and other processing facilities. Population: 159,000.
, George 1757-1798.
British navigator who led an expedition to the coasts of Australia, New Zealand, and the Hawaiian Islands (1791-1792) and to the Pacific coast of North America (1792-1794), where he circumnavigated Vancouver Island.
, Mount
A peak, 4,873.6 m (15,979 ft) high, in the St. Elias Mountains of southwest Yukon Territory, Canada, near the Alaskan border.