Campbell River

Demographic figures from Statistics Canada. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Campbell River is a city in the Strathcona District of British Columbia, Canada, on the east coast of Vancouver Island at the south end of Discovery Passage, which lies along the 50th parallel north along the important Inside Passage shipping route. Campbell River has a population of 35,138 and has long been touted as the "salmon capital of the world." Campbell River and Region are near the communities of Quadra and the Discovery Islands, Sayward, Oyster River, Gold River, Tahsis and Zeballos.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Brett Connolly

Canadian ice hockey player

Barry Pepper

Canadian actor

Carsen Germyn

Canadian ice hockey player (born 1982)

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Daryl Andrews

Canadian ice hockey player

Lisle Ellis

composer

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Eric Hinrichsen

Canadian basketball player (born 1976)

Len Lunde

Ice Hockey player (1936-2010)

M

Mark Hardy

baseball player

Cameron Levins

Olympic runner

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Dawn Coe-Jones

Canadian professional golfer (1960-2016)

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George Hewison

Canadian politician (born 1944)

Gwen O'Mahony

Canadian politician

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Matt Underhill

Canadian ice hockey player

Kris Fredheim

Canadian ice hockey defenceman

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Paul Pearson

Canadian football player

R

Rod Visser

Canadian politician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in British Columbia

• Quathiaski Cove
  2 mi away
• Yaculta
  2.1 mi away
• Duncan Bay
  3.1 mi away
• MacAulay Heights
  11 mi away
• Gorge Harbour
  11.4 mi away
• Oyster River
  11.5 mi away
• Saratoga Beach
  12.3 mi away
• Miracle Beach
  13.1 mi away
• Black Creek
  14.1 mi away
• Granite Bay
  15.2 mi away
• Bliss Landing
  19 mi away
• Coleman Bates
  20.3 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Campbell River

Greater Than a Tourist- Campbell River British Columbia Canada

Amanda Kuster · 2022

Guide to Pacific Northwest marinas

Cathy Haden · 2007

Acid mine drainage

British Columbia Mine Reclamation Symposium. (11th 1987 Campbell River, B.C.). · 1987

BRIAN'S BARGE & GRILL SEAFOOD RECIPES an Easy Ship-To-shore Guide on How to Prepare and Enjoy Our World's Underwater Delicacies

Chef Brian; Dolphins North Resort, Campbell River, British Columbia BURT

Surficial Geology and Sand and Gravel Deposits of Sunshine Coast, Powell River, and Campbell River Areas

British Columbia. Ministry of Mines and Petroleum Resources. · 1977

109 walks in British Columbia's lower mainland

Mary Macaree · 1983

British Columbia Vol. 1

Department of Fisheries and Oceans · 1990

Small craft guide

Canadian Hydrographic Service · 1981

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire Electric, Whatcom, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-22 · 196 mi
• Wildfire Thunder Creek, Skagit, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-22 · 215 mi
• Wildfire SISI, Chelan, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-14 · 230 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Official Identifiers