Comox is a town of about 15,000 people on the east coast of Vancouver Island. Along with several other communities, it is situated in the Comox Valley. The nearby Comox Glacier is visible from many parts of the town and is the area’s signature landmark.
The Pentlatch were among the first people who lived on the land. By the 19th century, the K’ómoks had also settled there. In 1861, Governor James Douglas issued a land and settlement proclamation for the Koumox Valley to divert new settlers away from the Victoria area as well as from the newly discovered Cariboo gold fields. In 1862, the smallpox epidemic that swept across Vancouver Island killed an estimated 30 percent of First Nations people.
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