Melville Island

Melville Island may refer to:

  • Melville Island (Australia), in the Northern Territory
  • Melville Island (Northwest Territories and Nunavut), in northern Canada
  • Melville Island (Nova Scotia), a small island in Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada
  • Melville Island, a small island in the Discovery Islands near Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada
  • Melville Island, a small island near Dundas Island near Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada

Famous quotes containing the words melville and/or island:

    Of the quaking recruit, three pitched battles make a grim grenadier; and he who shrank from the muzzle of a cannon, is now ready to yield his mustache for a sponge.
    —Herman Melville (1819–1891)

    This island is made mainly of coal and surrounded by fish. Only an organizing genius could produce a shortage of coal and fish at the same time.
    Aneurin Bevan (1897–1960)