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Courtenay (/ ˈ k ɔːr t n i / KORT-nee) [1] is a city of about 26,000 on the east coast of Vancouver Island, in the Canadian province of British Columbia.It is the largest community and only city in the area commonly known as the Comox Valley, and the seat of the Comox Valley Regional District, which replaced the Comox-Strathcona Regional District.
Courtenay BC 49°42′32″N 124°59′38″W / 49.709°N 124.994°W / 49.709; -124.994 ( Tsolum River Garry Oak Ecosystem Courtenay municipality ( 14527 )
Originally identified on Admiralty charts as "River Courtenay" and given as "Courtney River" by Dr. Robert Brown of the Vancouver Island Exploring Expedition, and as "the Slough known as Tsalum", it first appeared as the Tzolum River on a BC Lands map in 1895, and again in 1905. The name Tsolum River was made official in 1922.
The Comox Valley is a region on the east coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, that includes the city of Courtenay, the town of Comox, the village of Cumberland, and the unincorporated settlements of Royston, Union Bay, Fanny Bay, Black Creek, and Merville.
The school was slightly damaged by an earthquake on June 23, 1946. Courtenay West School (now Courtenay Elementary) opened in 1953 and the two overlapped in their operation for a few years. Courtenay Central was demolished in June 1960 and the land was sold to build a grocery store. The funds were used to upgrade Courtenay West School. [1]
HMS Constance, commanded by Captain Courtenay, was a frequent visitor to the area, and was one of the first ships to use Augusta Bay and a long sandy hook-shaped spit (now "the Goose Spit") for gunnery practice. [12] In 1848, the river flowing through the Koumax valley was informally named the Courtenay River by British sailors after their captain.
The main shock epicenter occurred in the Forbidden Plateau area northwest of Courtenay. While most of the large earthquakes in the Vancouver area occur at tectonic plate boundaries, the 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake was a crustal event. Shaking was felt from Portland, Oregon, to Prince Rupert, British Columbia. This is one of the most ...
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