| Shuswap Lake Shuswap Lake is a lake located in south-central British Columbia, Canada that drains via the Little River into Little Shuswap Lake. Little Shuswap Lake is the source of the South Thompson River, a branch of the Thompson River, a tributary of the Fraser River. Shuswap_Lake
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| Jack Diamond (Canadian businessman) Jack Diamond, CC, OBC (1909 - March 25, 2001) was a Canadian businessman and philanthropist.Born in Lubience in Galicia, he immigrated to Vancouver in 1927. He bought a butcher shop and later created British Columbia's largest meat packing firm, Pacific Meats. He sold it in 1963 and formed another, West Coast Reduction, a tallow and feed company. Jack_Diamond_(Canadian_businessman)
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| Stó:lō Stó (), sometimes written Sto, Stó or Stó, historically as Staulo or Stahlo, and also historically known and in ethnograpic literature commonly referred to as the Fraser River Indians or Lower Fraser Salish, are a group of First Nations peoples inhabiting the Fraser Valley of British Columbia, Canada. They traditionally speak Halq'eméylem, the "Upriver dialect" of Halkomelem, one of the Coast Salish languages. Stó is the Halqemeylem word for the Fraser River. The Stóthe river people. Stó:lō
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| Cape Beale Light Cape_Beale_Light
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| Cowichan Valley Regional District The Cowichan Valley Regional District is a regional district in the Canadian province of British Columbia is on the southern part of Vancouver Island, bordered by the Nanaimo and Alberni-Clayoquot Regional Districts to the north and northwest, and by the Capital Regional District to the south and east. As of the 2006 Census, the Regional District had a population of 76,929. The regional district offices are in Duncan. Cowichan_Valley_Regional_District
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| Pacific Dogwood Pacific_Dogwood
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| Clark Range (Canada) The Clark Range is a mountain range that forms part of the Continental Divide and also the boundary between Alberta and British Columbia. It is the easternmost of the Border Ranges subdivision of the Canadian Rockies. The range is named for Captain William Clark of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.This range includes the following mountains and peaks Clark_Range_(Canada)
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| Supreme Court of British Columbia The Supreme Court of British Columbia (SCBC) is the superior trial court for the Canadian province of British Columbia. The SCBC hears civil and criminal law cases as well as appeals from the Provincial Court of British Columbia. The court consists of ninety-nine justices and thirteen masters, resident throughout British Columbia. Supreme_Court_of_British_Columbia
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| Lamproite Lamproite
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| Tsilhqot'in Tsilhqut’in (also Chilcotin, Tsilqut'in, Tŝinlhqot’in, Chilkhodin, Tsilkótin, Tsilkotin) are a Northern Athabaskan First Nations people that live in British Columbia, Canada They are the most southern of the Athabaskan-speaking Aboriginal peoples in British Columbia.The name Tsilhqut’in, also spelled Tŝinlhqot’in is the Chilcotin name for themselves "people of the red-ochre river" ("Chilko" meaning "red ochre river"). Tsilhqot'in
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| Tahltan Tahltan (also Nahanni) refers to a Northern Athabaskan people who live in northern British Columbia around Telegraph Creek, Dease Lake, and Iskut. Tahltan
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| Mount Field (British Columbia) Mount Field is a mountain located about east of the town of Field in Yoho National Park, Canada. The mountain was named in 1883 after Cyprus W. Field, a guest of the CPR who were building the national railway.The Burgess shale is located below the ridge connecting Mt. Field to Wapta Mountain. Mount_Field_(British_Columbia)
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| Gold River, British Columbia Gold River is a village located close to the geographic centre of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. In terms of the Island's human geography it is considered to be part of the "North Island", even though it technically is on the Island's west coast.Taking advantage of its deep water and abundant forests, Gold River developed in 1967 as a prototypical logging and pulp and paper industry community. Gold_River,_British_Columbia
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| Shuswap (provincial electoral district) Shuswap is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.It is the successor riding to the old Salmon Arm riding. For other historical and current federal and provincial ridings in the Shuswap-Kamloops-North Okanagan, please see Kamloops (electoral districts) and Okanagan (electoral districts). All ridings in the southern BC region are "descendants" of the original Yale provincial riding. Shuswap_(provincial_electoral_district)
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| Coquitlam Lake Coquitlam Lake is a reservoir located just north of Coquitlam, British Columbia. It is one of the three main water sources for Metro Vancouver, and also a part of BC Hydro's power generation system. A tunnel directs water from the lake to nearby Buntzen Lake, and from there to a pair of power stations. Coquitlam_Lake
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| Articles for deletion/Log/2005 April 23 Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Log/2005_April_23
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| Articles for deletion/Patrick Wong Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Patrick_Wong
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| Joseph Trutch Sir Joseph William Trutch, KCMG (18 January 1826 4 March 1904) was an English-born Canadian engineer, surveyor and politician. Born in Ashcott, England, Trutch's early childhood was spent largely in Jamaica, although his family returned to England in 1834, where he attended grammar school in Devon. Joseph_Trutch
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| British Columbia gold rushes Strait of Anian, claimed to have been sailed by Juan de Fuca for whom today's Strait of Juan de Fuca is named, was described as passing through a land (Anian) "rich in gold, silver, pearls and fur". Bergi (meaning "mountains"), another legendary land near Anian, was also said to be rich in gold as well. British_Columbia_gold_rushes
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| Pietro Calendino Pietro Calendino is a Canadian provincial and municipal politician currently serving as a School Trustee in Burnaby, British Columbia.Calendino was born in Calabria, Italy but emigrated to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, in 1959. He received an Honours B.A. and a M.A. (Languages) from the University of British Columbia. He received a teaching certificate from Simon Fraser University and has taught in secondary schools in Burnaby and Delta. Pietro_Calendino
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| Elk Range (Canada) The Elk Range is a mountain range of the Canadian Rockies, located on the southern edge of Kananaskis on the Alberta-British Columbia border.This range includes the following mountains and peaks Elk_Range_(Canada)
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| House of Bentinck Bentinck is the surname of a prominent family belonging to the Dutch and British nobility. House_of_Bentinck
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| St'at'imcets language St'at'imcets (also Lillooet, Lilloet, St’át’imcets) is an Interior Salishan language spoken in southern British Columbia, Canada around the middle Fraser and Lillooet rivers by the St'at'imc people. The dialect of the Lower Lillooet people uses the name Ucwalmícwts as St'at'imcets properly means "the language of the people of Sat'St'at'imcets is an endangered language with as few as 200 native speakers practically all of whom are over 60 years of age (Gordon 2005). St'at'imcets_language
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| Anyox, British Columbia Anyox was a small company-owned mining town in British Columbia, Canada. Today it is largely destroyed and abandoned. It is located about 60 kilometers (37 miles)southwest of Stewart, British Columbia on the shores of Observatory Inlet. In the first decade of the 20th century, Anyox grew to a population of almost 3,000 residents, as rich lodes of copper and other precious metals were mined from the nearby mountains. Anyox,_British_Columbia
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| HandyDART HandyDART is an accessible transit service in British Columbia that uses vans or small buses to transport disabled or elderly passengers who cannot use the normal transit system. This service provides door-to-door service and is available in all of the province’s larger centres, as well as in many smaller communities. HandyDART
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| BC Transit BC Transit is a provincial crown agency responsible for coordinating the delivery of public transportation within British Columbia, Canada, outside of Metro Vancouver. BC Transit is headquartered in Victoria, British Columbia. Originally known as the British Columbia Electric Railway, a division of BC Hydro, BC Transit was created in 1972 as a method of subsidizing transit throughout the province. BC_Transit
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| First Nations in British Columbia First Nations in British Columbia constitute a large number of First Nations in the province of British Columbia. Many of these Canadian aboriginal peoples are affiliated in tribal councils. Ethnic groups include the Haida, Salish, and Nisga'a, all examples of the Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast. First_Nations_in_British_Columbia
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| George Massey Tunnel George_Massey_Tunnel
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| Bulkley Valley-Stikine Bulkley Valley-Stikine was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada from 1991 to 2009. Bulkley_Valley-Stikine
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| Prince George North Prince George North was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada from 1979 to 2009. Prince_George_North
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| Richard Neufeld Richard Neufeld (born November 6, 1944) is a Canadian Senator for British Columbia. Before his appointment to the Senate, he was a British Columbia Liberal Party Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1991 to 2008, serving as Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources in the cabinet of Gordon Campbell.Neufeld was first elected to the legislative assembly in the 1991 B.C. Richard_Neufeld
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| North Coast (provincial electoral district) North Coast is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It was created by 1990 legislation which came into effect for the 1991 B.C. election, largely out of the previous riding of Prince Rupert. North_Coast_(provincial_electoral_district)
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| Peace River North Peace River North is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It was created under the name North Peace River by the Constitution Amendment Act, 1955, which split the old riding of Peace River into northern and southern portions for the 1956 B.C. election. Its current name has been in use since 1991. Peace_River_North
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| Peace River South Peace River South is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It was created under the name South Peace River by the Constitution Amendment Act, 1955, which split the old riding of Peace River into northern and southern portions for the 1956 B.C. election. Its current name has been in use since 1991. Peace_River_South
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| Prince George-Mount Robson Prince George-Mount Robson was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada from 1991 to 2009. Prince_George-Mount_Robson
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| Prince George-Omineca Prince George-Omineca was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada from 1991 to 2009. Prince_George-Omineca
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| Skeena (provincial electoral district) Skeena is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It first appeared in the provincial election or 1924. It should not be confused with the former federal electoral district of Skeena, which encompassed a larger area. Skeena_(provincial_electoral_district)
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| Columbia River-Revelstoke Columbia River-Revelstoke is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. Columbia_River-Revelstoke
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| Kootenay East (provincial electoral district) Not to be confused with the former federal electoral district of Kootenay East (1917-1968, 1979-1997) or provincial district of East Kootenay (1890-1898), which encompassed a somewhat larger areaKootenay East (name in effect from 2009 onwards, called Kootenay from 1966 to 2001 and East Kootenay from 2001 to 2009) is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. Kootenay_East_(provincial_electoral_district)
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| Nelson-Creston Nelson-Creston is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It made its first appearance on the hustings in the general election of 1933 following a redistribution of the earlier Nelson riding.For other current and historical ridings in the Kootenay region please see Kootenay (electoral districts). Nelson-Creston
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| West Kootenay-Boundary West Kootenay-Boundary was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada from 2001 to 2009.The seat combined the Rossland/Trail/Castlegar area (the putative West Kootenay component) that had previously been in Rossland-Trail with the Boundary Country, which had been in the Okanagan-Boundary riding (1991-1996) and prior to that the Boundary-Similkameen riding. West_Kootenay-Boundary
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| Kelowna-Lake Country (provincial electoral district) Kelowna-Lake Country is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It should not be confused with the federal electoral district of Kelowna—Lake Country, which encompasses a somewhat larger area. Kelowna-Lake_Country_(provincial_electoral_district)
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| Kelowna-Mission Kelowna-Mission is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. Kelowna-Mission
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| Vernon-Monashee Vernon-Monashee (name in effect from April 2009 onwards, named Okanagan-Vernon from 1991 to 2009) is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. Vernon-Monashee
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| Okanagan-Westside Okanagan-Westside was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada from 2001 to 2009.It included the small cities of Westbank, Westside, Peachland, and Summerland, and extended from the city limit of Summerland (in the south) to the Okanagan Lake bridge, in Westside (north). Okanagan-Westside
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| Penticton-Okanagan Valley Penticton-Okanagan Valley was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada from 2001 to 2009. Penticton-Okanagan_Valley
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| Cariboo North Cariboo North is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It was created by 1990 legislation dividing the previous two-member district of Cariboo which came into effect for the 1991 B.C. election.Its MLA is Bob Simpson. He was first elected in 2005. He represents the New Democratic Party of British Columbia. Cariboo_North
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| Cariboo South Cariboo South was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada from 1991 to 2009. Cariboo_South
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| Kamloops (provincial electoral district) Kamloops was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada from 1903 to 2009. The provincial constituency should not be confused with the former federal electoral district of Kamloops, which encompassed a much larger area.For other ridings named Kamloops or in the Kamloops-Shuswap-Thompson area, please see Kamloops (electoral districts).Kamloops voted for the winning party in every election it was contested, from the riding's creation in 1903 up until its final election in 2005. Kamloops_(provincial_electoral_district)
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| Kamloops-North Thompson Kamloops-North Thompson is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. Kamloops-North_Thompson
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