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Vancouver Island,
An island in the North Pacific Ocean, near the mainland of the State of Washington and British Columbia, from which it is separated by the Gulf of Georgia.
It is about 300 miles long, and was named after Capt. Geo.
stored. By treaty with the United States, Vancouver, an English navigator, who was sent on a voyage of discovery to seek any navigable communication between the North Pacific and North Atlantic oceans.
He sailed in April, 1791, and returned Sept. 24, 1795.
He compiled an account of his survey of the northwest coast of America, and died in 1798.
Settlements, made here by the English in 1781, were seized by the Spaniards in 1789, but rein 1846, the island was secured to Great Britain.
It has become of importance since the discovery of gold in the neighboring mainland, in 1858, and the colonization of British Columbia.
The island was united with British Columbia in August, 1866; and on May 24, 1868, Victoria, founded in 1857, was declared the capi