| Climate
Vancouver Island boasts the mildest climate in Canada.
Summertime is generally warm and sunny, with frequent ocean breezes.
Temperatures reach average highs in the mid 20's Celsius (70 to 80 Fahrenheit)
with cooler evening temperatures.
In winter, daytime temperatures are usually well above freezing throughout
most of the region, with overnight frost on some occasions.
Links to current weather conditions for Vancouver Island communities
such as Victoria, Nanaimo, Tofino, Comox, Campbell River, Port Hardy and
other British Columbia locations can be found here. |
Geography
Vancouver Island stretches southeast to northwest along the
south-western coast of British Columbia. The majority of the
population is concentrated around Victoria, British Columbia's
capitol city, on the southern end of the island. The west coast,
north of the beaches at Tofino, is largely inaccessible by
road and punctuated with
deep fjords between high mountains with a few small communities located
on the shores of protected inlets. The eastern plain which slopes gently toward
the island's backbone, the Beaufort Mountain Range, is rich with timber,
farmlands, lakes and streams, and scattered with small towns an cities.
Length : 454 Km (282 miles)
Width : 100 Km (62 miles)
Area : 32,134 sq. Km (12,408 sq. miles)
Latitude ... 49 degrees 57 min. 4 sec. N
Longitude ... 125 degrees 16 min. 10 sec. W
Population : approx. 750,000. |
Click on the link for a more detailed map
of Vancouver Island |
