Topographic Profiles A very useful exercise for understanding what topographic maps represent is the construction of a topographic profile. A topographic profile is a cross-sectional view along a line drawn through a portion of a topographic map. In other words, if you could slice through a portion of the earth, pull away one half, and look at it from the side, the surface would be a topographic profile.
Vancouver Island is separated from mainland British Columbia by the Strait of Georgia and Queen Charlotte Strait, and from Washington by the Juan De Fuca Strait.Vancouver Island, located in British Columbia, Canada, is the largest Pacific island east of New Zealand.While the city of Vancouver stands on the North American mainland, Victoria, the capital city of British Columbia, is located on the island.long with most of the southern Gulf Islands, plus various minor islands offshore from its southern end, the southern part of Vancouver Island is the only part of British Columbia (and of Western Canada) that lies south of the 49th Parallel.
1 Vancouver is the fourth largest city in the state of Washington with a population of 159,000. 2  It is located in Clark County, the oldest and fastest growing county in the state, which has a total population of 425,000.