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Sound. A partially submerged range of mountains, which has been termed the Vancouver Range, runs parallel to the coast of British Columbia; a portion of this range forms Vancouver Island, and it again rises above the level I of the See also:

sea farther north, forming the Queen Charlotte Islands. The coast-See also:

LINE

line is generally precipitous. The west coast is much broken by bays and inlets—the transverse valleys of the-sunken range—which penetrate far inland. Among these may be mentioned the Alberni See also:

Canal, which is 20 M. long with a See also:

FINE

fine See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour at its See also:

head, the width of the inlet varying from a See also:

HALF

half to one mile; See also:

NOOTKA

Nootka Sound, 6 rn. wide, and sending three arms inland which are from 40 to 16o fathoms deep, as well as See also:

CLAYOQUOT

Clayoquot, Esperanza, Kyuquot and Quatsino Sounds, which also penetrate deeply into the island. The See also:

general height of the See also:

mountain-range on Vancouver Island is from 2000 to 3000 ft.; some peaks are 6000 ft.; and See also:

Victoria See also:

PEAK, THE

Peak is 7484 ft. high. The island is composed largely of crystalline and metamorphic rocks, but contains some cretaceous areas which hold extensive beds of See also:

COAL

coal, especially on the See also:

east coast. These are See also:

MINED

mined at See also:

NANAIMO

Nanaimo, See also:

LADYSMITH

Ladysmith and other points. The island is covered everywhere with an exceedingly dense See also:

FOREST

forest, which makes its interior very difficult to See also:

TRAVERSE

traverse, so that there are still portions of the island which have not been thoroughly explored.

These forests yield immense supplies of magnificent See also:

TIMBER

timber, which together with the coal-See also:

field and See also:

FISHERIES

fisheries constitute the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief resources of the island. There are some level tracts on the south-east coast, as well as in the narrow, well-watered valleys of the interior, which afford excellent agricultural See also:

LAND

land on which cereals of all kinds, as well as all the fruits of the temperate See also:

ZONE (Gr. 'WV77, a girdle, from 'wvvLvay to gird)

zone, flourish, and which are also suitable for raising See also:

sheep and See also:

CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle. The See also:

CLIMATE

climate of Vancouver Island, especially in the south, is wonder-fully mild for the See also:

LATITUDE (Lat. latitudo, latus, broad)

latitude—as mild as that of See also:

GREAT

Great See also:

BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain, with dryer summers. The mean temperature of See also:

DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December at Victoria in the south of the island is about 41° Fahr.; while that of See also:

JULY

July is about 6o°. In the north and west the rainfall is greater than on the south and east coasts. (F. D.

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