Graham Island

American  

noun

1. an island in the Pacific Ocean, in W British Columbia, Canada: largest and northernmost of the Queen Charlotte Islands. 2,485 sq. mi. (6,436 sq. km).

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Example Sentences

A Harley-Davidson motorcycle was found on Graham Island, in British Columbia in Canada, in the container that its Japanese owner, Ikio Yokohama, had used to store it back in Japan.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2016

Riding his ATV across the beach on British Columbia’s isolated Graham Island, Peter Mark noticed a large container bobbing in the waves.

From Time • May 3, 2012

Now a Harley-Davidson motorcycle has been found on Graham Island, part of the Haida Gwaii archipelago off British Columbia.

From New York Times • May 2, 2012

There is only a canoe passage between the former and Graham Island.

From Official Report of the Exploration of the Queen Charlotte Islands for the Government of British Columbia by Chittenden, Newton H. (Newton Henry)

Mr. C., on Graham Island, 435.——, on quantity of useful soil in America, 687.——, on position of American forests, 714——, remarks, theory of atolls, 792.Macmurdo,

From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir