Citations:Island

English citations of Island

Noun: "(in British Columbia) Vancouver Island"

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• 2008 — "Grizzlies at home on the Island", Times Colonist, 8 December 2008:

  A grizzly was photographed at Rugged Point near Kyuquot on the northwest coast of the Island in May, close to the time bears emerge from their dens, suggesting it had successfully hibernated on the Island.

• 2009 — "Island's New Year's baby: It's a girl!", Times Colonist, 2 January 2009:

  Coutts, 38, and Hammer, 29, were surprised to present the Island with the 2009 New Year's baby.

• 2010 — Beau Simpson, "One 'Grape escape' on Vancouver Island", Surrey Now, 12 October 2010:

  And so, my lovely girlfriend Kari and I headed to the Island for a weekend of wines and dines.

• 2011 — Renee Andor, "His body hurts, but Vancouver Island circumnavigation record belongs to Angus", Comox Valley Record, 7 July 2011:

  Angus felt "fantastic" to have made it around the Island and beaten the record.

• 2011 — "Adrena LINE receives 2011 Tourism Vancouver Island Sustainability Award", Sooke News Mirror, 28 September 2011:

  One of the key things that made Adrena LINE stand out among the rest of the tourism businesses competing all over the Island from Port Hardy to Victoria was that it’s situated right in a natural environment, said Petryk.