Vancouver Island
- a large island off the Pacific coast of Canada, in SW British Columbia. Its capital, Victoria, is the capital of British Columbia. It became a British Crown Colony in 1849, later uniting with British Columbia to join the Dominion of Canada温哥华岛（加拿大太平洋沿岸大岛, 位于不列颠哥伦比亚省西南部; 首府维多利亚同时是省会; 1849年成为英国直辖殖民地, 后与不列颠哥伦比亚省合并加入加拿大自治领）。