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Comox

British  
/ ˈkəʊmɒks /

noun

  1. a member of a Salishan Native Canadian people living on Vancouver Island

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Litz, 32, from Comox, British Columbia, was formerly a firefighter in the Canadian military.

From Washington Post • Mar. 20, 2023

BC Ferries offers service from Powell River — though at times it also has expanded service to Comox on Vancouver Island in a triangle run.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 3, 2023

“I’m proud in my quiet little way,” he told the Comox Valley Record when he turned 100.

From Washington Post • May 21, 2022

John Neilson, an independent fisheries scientist based in Comox, B.C., co-chaired the marine fish subcommittee of the advisory panel.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 6, 2018

He could not reach Comox, which lay to windward, with the sail half set, but it was only seventy miles or so to Nanaimo and not much farther to Vancouver.

From Vane of the Timberlands by Bindloss, Harold