Regional District of Comox-Strathcona, British Columbia
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Strathcona
The Comox-Strathcona Regional District of British Columbia, Canada, is on the eastern coast of Vancouver Island and part of the mainland north of the Sunshine Coast. It is bordered to the northwest by the Mount Waddington Regional District, to the east by the Powell River Regional District, and to the south by the Alberni-Clayoquot and Nanaimo Regional Districts. As of the 2006 Census, the Regional District had a population of 101,595. The district seat is located in Courtenay, although the most populous incorporated community is the district municipality of Campbell River.
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[edit] Geography
The Vancouver Island part of the Comox Strathcona Regional District stretches all the way across the island from east to west, and north to south between Sayward and the Denman and Hornby Islands on its east coast, and between Nootka Island and the Brooks Peninsula on its west coast, including most of Strathcona Provincial Park. The mainland portion, which is only very lightly settled, begins in the southeast at Toba Inlet, and stretches northwest almost to the Knight Inlet and also encompasses the Discovery Islands. The total land area is 20,013.48 km² (7,728.01 sq mi).
[edit] Communities
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[edit] Electoral areas
[edit] A (Baynes Sound)
[edit] B (Comox North)
- Lazo
- Little River
- Tsolum
[edit] C (Puntledge/Black Creek)
- Black Creek
- Merville
- Oyster River
- Saratoga Beach
[edit] D (Oyster Bay/Buttle Lake)
- Campbell River Area
[edit] G (West Coast/Nootka)
- Tahsis
- Zeballos
[edit] H (Sayward Valley)
[edit] I (Cortes Island)
[edit] J (Quadra Island and the Discovery Islands)
- Hardwick Island
- Port Neville
- Quadra Island
- Read Island
- Redonda Islands
- Refuge Cove
- Thurlow Islands
[edit] K (Denman/Hornby Islands)
Refer to Island Trust for more information
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Subdivisions of British Columbia|
Alberni-Clayoquot · Bulkley-Nechako · Capital · Cariboo · Central Coast · Central Kootenay · Central Okanagan · Columbia-Shuswap · Comox-Strathcona · Cowichan Valley · East Kootenay · Fraser Valley · Fraser-Fort George · Greater Vancouver · Kitimat-Stikine · Kootenay Boundary · Mount Waddington · Nanaimo · North Okanagan · Northern Rockies · Okanagan-Similkameen · Peace River · Powell River · Skeena-Queen Charlotte · Squamish-Lillooet · Stikine · Sunshine Coast · Thompson-Nicola |
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Principal urban centres |
Abbotsford · Kamloops · Kelowna · Nanaimo · Prince George · Vancouver · Victoria |
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Large suburban communities |
Burnaby · Coquitlam · Delta · Langley Township · North Vancouver District · Richmond · Saanich · Surrey |
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Other major centres |
Campbell River · Chilliwack · Courtenay · Cranbrook · Fort St. John · Penticton · Port Alberni · Salmon Arm · Vernon |
