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| Roderick Murchison Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, 1st Baronet KCB FRS (19 February 1792 British geologist who first described and investigated the Silurian system. Roderick_Murchison | |
| Peace Arch The Peace Arch is a monument situated on the Canada – United States border between the communities of Blaine, Washington and Surrey, British Columbia. The Peace Arch, which stands 20.5Sam Hill and dedicated in September 1921, and commemorates the signing of the Treaty of Ghent in 1814. Peace_Arch | |
| Cache Creek, British Columbia This page is about the town in the Thompson Country of British Columbia. For the creek that is its namesake, see Cache Creek (British Columbia). For other locations named Cache Creek see Cache Creek.Cache Creek is a junction community northeast of Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada. Cache_Creek,_British_Columbia | |
| List of hospitals in Canada list of hospitals in Canada. List_of_hospitals_in_Canada | |
| Air India Flight 182 Air India Flight 182 was an Air India flight operating on the Toronto-Montréal-London-Delhi-Bombay route. On 23 June 1985, the airplane operating on the route was blown up in midair by a bomb in Irish airspace in the single deadliest terrorist attack involving an aircraft to that date. The incident represents the largest mass murder in modern Canadian history. The explosion and downing of the carrier occurred within an hour of the related Narita Airport Bombing. Air_India_Flight_182 | |
| List of most popular given names most popular given names vary nationally, regionally, and culturally. Lists of widely used given names can consist of those most often bestowed upon infants born within the last year, thus reflecting the current onomastic trends, or else be composed of the personal names occurring most within the total population. List_of_most_popular_given_names | |
| British Columbia Parents and Teachers for Life British_Columbia_Parents_and_Teachers_for_Life | |
| Bullfrog The American Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) is an aquatic frog, a member of the family Ranidae, or "true frogs", native to much of North America. This is a frog of larger, permanent water bodies, swamps, ponds, lakes, where it is usually found along the water's edge . On rainy nights, bullfrogs along with many other amphibians, go overland and may be seen in numbers on country roads. Bullfrog | |
| Field, British Columbia Field ( Field,_British_Columbia | |
| Vancouver Talk:Vancouver | |
| Hotel Vancouver The Fairmont Hotel Vancouver (generally known as the Hotel Vancouver) is located on West Georgia Street and Burrard Street, in the heart of downtown Vancouver, British Columbia. Constructed by Canadian National Hotels, it stands at 111 metres (17 storys) high, and its architects were John S. Hotel_Vancouver | |
| Flag of British Columbia The Flag of British Columbia, Canada is based upon the shield of the provincial arms of British Columbia. At the top of the flag is a rendition of the Union Flag, defaced in the centre by a crown, representing the province's origins as a British colony, with a setting sun below. Flag_of_British_Columbia | |
| Order of British Columbia The Order of British Columbia (Post-nominal letters:province of British Columbia's highest honour for outstanding achievement. The order is fourth in the order of precedence for provincial honours, following the Order of Ontario and preceding the Alberta Order of Excellence. Established by statute in 1989, the recipients are appointed to the order by the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, based on recommendations from an advisory council. Order_of_British_Columbia | |
| Criminal record A criminal record is a record of a person's criminal history, generally used by potential employers, lenders etc. to assess his or her trustworthiness. The information included in a criminal record varies between countries and even between jurisdictions within a country. Criminal_record | |
| Grace McCarthy Grace Mary McCarthy (born October 14, 1927) is a former Canadian politician and florist in British Columbia. Nicknamed Amazing Grace by members of her longtime political party, the Social Credit Party of B.C, she was largely responsible for rebuilding the party after its defeat in the 1972 provincial election. Grace_McCarthy | |
| The Georgia Straight The Georgia Straight is a free Canadian weekly news and entertainment newspaper published in Vancouver, British Columbia, by the Vancouver Free Press Publishing Corp. As surveyed by Ipsos-Reid its per-issue circulation average is 117,000, and its average weekly readership is almost 693,000 The name Georgia Straight is a pun, as Vancouver adjoins the Georgia Strait, as the "Strait of Georgia" was called on some maps until the mapmakers decided to avoid association with the newspaper. The_Georgia_Straight | |
| Bridge to Terabithia (novel) Bridge to Terabithia is a work of children's literature about two lonely children who create a magical forest kingdom. Written by Katherine Paterson, the book was published in 1977 by HarperCollins. In 1978, it won the Newbery Medal. Paterson drew inspiration for the novel from a real event that occurred in August 1974 when a friend of Paterson's son was struck by lightning and killed. Bridge_to_Terabithia_(novel) | |
| Comox, British Columbia Comox is a town located on the eastern side of Vancouver Island, British Columbia in the Comox Valley. Comox has a population of approximately 12,200 people and is home to the Canadian air force base CFB Comox and HMCS Quadra Sea Cadet training facility. The town shares the Comox Valley with the City of Courtenay, the Village of Cumberland, and the unincorporated settlements of Royston, Union Bay, Fanny Bay, Black Creek and Merville. Comox,_British_Columbia | |
| Tom Radulovich User_talk:Tom_Radulovich | |
| North Cascades The North Cascades are a section of the Cascade Range of western North America. They span the border between the Canadian province of British Columbia and the US state of Washington and are officially named in Canada as the Cascade Mountains. They are predominantly non-volcanic, but include the stratovolcanoes Mount Baker, Glacier Peak and Coquihalla Mountain, which are part of the Cascade Volcanic Arc. North_Cascades | |
| Lions Gate Bridge The Lions Gate Bridge, officially known as the First Narrows Bridge, is a suspension bridge that crosses the first narrows of Burrard Inlet and connects the City of Vancouver, British Columbia, to the North Shore municipalities of the District of North Vancouver, the City of North Vancouver, and West Vancouver. The term "Lions Gate" reflects the Lions, a pair of mountain peaks north of Vancouver. Lions_Gate_Bridge | |
| British Columbia Electric Railway The British Columbia Electric Railway (BCER) was a historic Canadian railway which operated in southwestern British Columbia.Originally the parent company, and later a division, of BC Electric, the BCER operated public transportation in southwestern British Columbia from its establishment in the mid-1890s, operating streetcar systems in Vancouver, New Westminster, North Vancouver and Victoria. British_Columbia_Electric_Railway | |
| Canadian Pacific Hotels Canadian Pacific Hotels was a division of Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) that operated a series of hotels across Canada. Most of these resort hotels were originally built and operated by the railway's Hotel Department, while a few were acquired from Canadian National Hotels. Today, they are operated under the Fairmont name, and remain some of Canada's most exclusive hotels.CPR built two types of hotels Canadian_Pacific_Hotels | |
| List of locomotives Talk:List_of_locomotives | |
| Kalamalka Lake Kalamalka Lake (aka "Kal Lake") is a large lake in the Interior Plateau of southern central British Columbia, Canada, east of Okanagan Lake and approximately south of Vernon. The lake is named for the Okanagan (Okanogan U.S. spelling) Indian chief who occupied its northern shores, although many believe (incorrectly) that it means (lake of) many colours in the Okanagan language.At different times of the year the colour of the lake can range from cyan to indigo, in different spots at the same time. Kalamalka_Lake | |
| Okanagan Lake Okanagan Lake, also known as Lake Okanagan, is a large, deep lake in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia. The lake is 135 km long, between 4 and 5 km wide, and has a surface area of 351 km². The lake's maximum depth is 232 meters near Grant Island (also called "Whiskey Island" or "Seagull Island" by locals). Some areas of the lake have up to 750 meters of glacial and post-glacial sediment fill which were deposited during the Pleistocene Epoch. Okanagan_Lake | |
| Fort St. John, British Columbia The City of Fort St. John is a small city in northeastern British Columbia, Canada. A member municipality of the Peace River Regional District, the city covers an area of about 22Alaska Highway, after Whitehorse. Originally established in 1794, as a trading post, Fort St. John is the oldest European-established settlement in present-day British Columbia. Fort St. John is served by the Fort St. John Airport. The municipal slogan is, Fort St. John. Fort_St._John,_British_Columbia | |
| Strait of Georgia Strait of Georgia or the Georgia Strait (also known as the Gulf of Georgia), is a strait between Vancouver Island (as well as its nearby Gulf Islands) and the mainland Pacific coast of British Columbia, Canada. It is approximately long and varies in width from 18.5 to 55 km (11.5 to 34 mi). Strait_of_Georgia | |
| History of British Columbia British Columbia is the westernmost province in Canada. Indigenous peoples have inhabited the territory that is now called "British Columbia", as described in their oral traditions, from time immemorial. There are claims by the English to have explored the region in the Sixteenth Century, but it was the Majorcan-born Spanish navigator Juan José Pérez Hernández who did the first documented travel 1774. History_of_British_Columbia | |
| Eagle Pass (British Columbia) Eagle Pass (el. 550 m./1804 ft.) is a mountain pass through the Gold Range of the Monashee Mountains in British Columbia, Canada. It divides the Columbia River drainage basin from that of the Fraser River (via the Shuswap Lakes and the Thompson River).Eagle Pass was chosen as the route of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and later the Trans-Canada Highway, over the Monashees; westbound traffic is continually downhill from here to the Pacific coast. Eagle_Pass_(British_Columbia) | |
| Millennium Line Millennium_Line | |
| Waterfront Station (Vancouver) Waterfront_Station_(Vancouver) | |
| Western Canada Talk:Western_Canada | |
| Christy Clark Christina Joan Clark (born October 29, 1965, in Burnaby, British Columbia) is a former Canadian politician, who sat as a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia representing the riding of Port Moody-Westwood as a member of the BC Liberal Party. Clark attended Simon Fraser University, the Sorbonne (France) and the University of Edinburgh (Scotland, UK). Christy_Clark | |
| Trevor Linden Trevor Linden, OBC (born April 11, 1970, in Medicine Hat, Alberta) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played centre and right wing with four different teamsVancouver Canucks (in two stints), New York Islanders, Montreal Canadiens, and Washington Capitals. Trevor_Linden | |
| Pacific Madrone Pacific_Madrone | |
| Cow Parsnip Cow_Parsnip | |
| Department of Motor Vehicles United States of America, a Department of Motor Vehicles (or DMV) is a state-level government agency that administers vehicle registration and driver licensing. Similar departments exist in Canada. The name "DMV" is not used in every state or province, nor are the traditional DMV functions handled by a single agency in every state, but the generic term is universally understood, particularly in the context of driver's license issuance and renewal. Department_of_Motor_Vehicles | |
| Conium Conium | |
| Wikipedia as a source Wikipedia:Wikipedia_as_a_source | |
| Pender Island Pender Island is one of the Southern Gulf Islands located in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, Canada. Pender Island is approximately in area and is home to about 2,500 permanent residents, as well as a large seasonal population. As part of the Southern Gulf Islands, Pender Island enjoys a sub-Mediterranean climate and features open farmland, rolling forested hills, several lakes and small mountains, as well as many coves and beaches. Pender_Island | |
| Sea otter Sea_otter | |
| Pig War Talk:Pig_War | |
| Charles Augustus Semlin Charles Augustus Semlin (4 December 1836 November 2, 1927) was a British Columbia politician.Born near Barrie, Upper Canada, Semlin worked there as a schoolteacher until 1862 when he moved to British Columbia during the gold rush to become a prospector. In 1869 he purchased the Dominion Ranch and became a rancher. Charles_Augustus_Semlin | |
| Small claims court Small claims courts are courts of limited jurisdiction that hear civil cases between private litigants. Courts authorized to try small claims may also have other judicial functions, and the name by which such a court is known varies by jurisdictioncounty court or magistrate's court. Small claims courts can be found in Australia, Canada, Ireland, Israel, New Zealand, Scotland, South Africa, Hong Kong and the United States. Small_claims_court | |
| HMCS Athabaskan (G07) HMCS_Athabaskan_(G07) | |
| List of rail accidents (2000–present) List_of_rail_accidents_(2000–present) | |
| Tsimshian Tsimshian (Sm'algyax:Ts’msyan) are an indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast. Tsimshian translates to Inside the Skeena River. Their communities are in British Columbia and Alaska, around Terrace and Prince Rupert and the southernmost corner of Alaska on Annette Island. Tsimshian | |
| Willmore Wilderness Park Willmore Wilderness Park, located in Alberta, Canada, is a 4,600 square kilometre (1840 sq. mi.) wilderness area adjacent to the world famous Jasper National Park. It is lesser known and less visited as the Jasper National Park, and there are no public roads, bridges or buildings (there are, however, several ranger cabins in the park which are available as a courtesy to visitors). Willmore_Wilderness_Park | |
| Louis Henry Davies Sir Louis Henry Davies, PC, KCMG (May 4, 1845 Prince Edward Island (PEI) lawyer, businessman and politician. He served as lead counsel for the Prince Edward Island Land Commission, which was established in 1875 to settle the problem of absentee land ownership and to provide tenants of the Island with clear title to their lands.He was born in Charlottetown, the son of Benjamin Davies and Kezia Attwood Watts. He read law at the Inner Temple in London and later called to bar in England in 1866. Louis_Henry_Davies |
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