Comox, British Columbia
Comox is a town in British Columbia on Vancouver Island. Comox is known for having the HMCS Quadra Sea Cadet training facility and Canadian air force base CFB Comox.
The mayor of Comox is Paul Ives.
The population is 12,136 from the 2006 census.
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Low tide exposes thousands of small stakes once used by Coast Salish First Nations for fishing weirs.
HMS Grappler, shown here in later service as a packet steamer. brought the first settlers to the Comox Valley in 1862
Before railways and highways reached Comox, mail and supplies were provided by steamboats, such as the sidewheel Princess Louise, shown at the end of the Comox Wharf on August 20, 1879
The Elk Hotel, built at the foot of the Comox wharf by Joseph Rodello in 1877. The photographer was standing on the pier facing the shore and Wharf Road.
On June 10, 1916, soldiers of the 102nd Regiment march down Wharf Road to embark on SS Princess Charlotte
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