The Regional District of Comox-Strathcona was a

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, Canada from 1967 to 2008. On February 15, 2008, the regional district was abolished and replaced by two successor regional districts,

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and Strathcona. The district covered large portions of northern

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and included part of the mainland north of the Sunshine Coast. As of the

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, the Regional District had a population of 101,595. The district's administrative offices were located in Courtenay, although the most populous incorporated community was the District Municipality of Campbell River.

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

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and

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Islands on its east coast, and between

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and the

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on its west coast, including most of

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. The mainland portion, which is only very lightly settled, begins in the southeast at

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, and stretches northwest almost to the

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and also encompasses the

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. The total land area is 20,013.48 km² (7,728.01 sq mi). Comox-Strathcona was bordered to the northwest by the

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, to the east by the Powell River Regional District, and to the south by the Alberni-Clayoquot and

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Regional Districts.

History

In 2007,

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, BC Minister of Community Services, announced that it was to be split into two districts, one covering the Comox Valley (electoral areas A, B, C and K), the other covering the rest of the existing district. The announcement came as something of a surprise to the existing regional council, and was opposed by some, particularly those directors representing rural areas.

Communities

Incorporated communities

* Campbell River * Comox * Courtenay *

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* Gold River * Sayward *

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* Zeballos

Electoral areas

A (Baynes Sound)

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* Royston * Union Bay

B (Comox North)

* Lazo *

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* Tsolum

C (Puntledge/Black Creek)

* Black Creek * Merville * Oyster River * Saratoga Beach

D (Oyster Bay/Buttle Lake)

* Campbell River Area

G (Kyuquot/Nootka)

* Kyuquot and Fair Harbour * Oclucje * Ehatis * Esperanza and CeePeeCee * Queens Cove * Nuchatlitz * Port Eliza * Yuquot (Friendly Cove) * Nootka Village * Kendrick Arm and Plumper Harbour * Tsaxana

H (Sayward Valley)

I (Cortes Island)

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J (Quadra Island and the Discovery Islands)

*Hardwick Island * Port Neville *

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*Read Island *Redonda Islands *

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*Thurlow Islands

K (Denman/Hornby Islands)

See

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References

Community Profile: Comox-Strathcona Regional District, British Columbia; Statistics Canada
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External links

Comox-Strathcona Regional District
{{DEFAULTSORT:Comox-Strathcona Historical census divisions of Canada Mid Vancouver Island Former regional districts of British Columbia