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  British Columbia provincial highway 1 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Highway 1 is the British Columbia section of the Trans-Canada Highway.
Highway 1 on the Island was shortened to terminate in the downtown core of the city of Nanaimo in 1953, with the section north of Nanaimo being re-numbered 19.
Highway 1 proceeds north through the city of Victoria for 4 km, passing by the southern terminus of Highway 17, before leaving the city at Tolmie Avenue.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_Columbia_provincial_highway_1   (2278 words)

  
 British Columbia provincial highway 19 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
British Columbia provincial highway 19, known locally as the Island Highway, is the main north-south thoroughfare on Vancouver Island north of Nanaimo.
The highway then winds its way past Nimpkish Lake, then through a 163 km long stretch of dense forest terrain, through the community of Woss and a junction with Sayward, finally entering the city of Campbell River at a junction with highways 28 and 19A, just past the river that the city is named for.
The entire stretch of Highway 19 between Campbell River and the city of Parksville is a divided four-lane freeway or expressway (alternates), with a nominal speed limit of 110 km/h, and is referred to as the "Inland Island Highway".
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_Columbia_provincial_highway_19   (663 words)

  
 British Columbia travel guide - Wikitravel
British Columbia is about four times the size of Great Britain with less than one tenth of the population.
Vancouver is the largest city in British Columbia, and the largest metropolitan area west of Toronto.
Prince George is the largest city in Northern British Columbia and the center of the BC Forest Industry.
wikitravel.org /en/British_Columbia   (1618 words)

  
 Coquihalla Highway, British Columbia, Canada
Avalanche chutes scar the mountainsides and are a visible reminder of the steep terrain that surrounds the highway.
Highway 5 follows the Coquihalla River to Merritt and is particularly scenic in the early fall, when rolling fields and forest foliage take on a golden glow.
The latter, the Coquihalla Highway, is a toll route to Merritt and Kamloops.
www.britishcolumbia.com /regions/towns/?townID=3947   (496 words)

  
 British Columbia
That of British Columbia, although simple, was equally unsuitable as it bore the image of Queen Victoria resplendent upon her throne.
For the colonial badge of British Columbia, Musgrave chose the crest from the Royal Arms, a crowned lion atop a crown, with the minor addition of the flanking letters, B and C. However, approved it was, and on October 9, 1870, Governor Musgrave inaugurated his flag, the first distinctive and official flag for British Columbia.
Although, in 1978, the bicentennial of Captain Cook's visit to the shores of British Columbia was marked with a flag bearing a logotype on a white field, the flag of occasion that will probably be remembered the longest will be that of EXPO 86.
fraser.cc /FlagsCan/Provinces/BC.html   (3416 words)

  
 BC Provincial Parks of the Thompson Nicola Shuswap Region of British Columbia
The Juniper Provincial Park is located 19 km east of Cache Creek in the areas desert region.
The entrance to the park is 5km from Sqillax which is on the Trans-Canada Highway, 46 km west of Salmon Arm and 66 km east of Kamloops.
The Skihist Provincial Park is located north of Lytton on Highway 1, the historic Cariboo Wagon Road.
www.bcadventure.com /adventure/explore/high_country/parks/index.html   (1489 words)

  
 BC Rockies, British Columbia, Canada
The BC Rockies region of British Columbia is located in the southeastern corner of the province, bordering Alberta and the US state of Montana.
The Rocky Mountain Trench (also known as the Columbia Valley) is surmounted by the Rocky Mountains on the east and the Bugaboos on the west.
Highway 93 heads northeast to Alberta and meets the Trans-Canada at Banff, a distance of 65 miles (105 km), and Highway 95 heads north to Golden.
www.britishcolumbiarockies.com   (466 words)

  
 Pacific Highway British Columbia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Highway 1 goes west from North Vancouver through West Vancouver to Horseshoe Bay where it meets the BC Ferris Terminal.
Highway 1 is 4 lanes with clover leaf type exits all the way to Horseshoe Bay.
Pacific Highway was first built as a military route along the path of an old Native American trail in 1915.
www.seatoskycountry.net /seatoskya.html   (760 words)

  
 discdrive
British Columbia's wines are highly regarded around the world and consistently win major awards.
Admission is included to the Royal British Columbia Museum of Natural History and Fort Rodd Hill and Fisgard Lighthouse, a former military installation and first permanent lighthouse built in 1860 that is still functioning today.
During this stretch of highway, stop at Hell's Gate for a tram ride (included) over the unique fish ladders in the Fraser River that aid spawning salmon in this difficult part of the river.
www.britishcolumbia-travel.com /html/body_discdrive.html   (1953 words)

  
 Sea to Sky Highway, British Columbia, Canada
Highway 99 is the Sea to Sky Highway, which winds through five distinct biogeoclimatic zones in the Vancouver, Coast and Mountains region of BC, from coastal rain forest at Horseshoe Bay, through Squamish, Garibaldi Provincial Park, and the Resort Municipality of Whistler.
By 1975, the highway was pushed through to Pemberton, and by 1995 the last stretch of gravel road was paved between Pemberton and Lillooet.
The southern terminus of the Sea to Sky Highway (Highway 99) is reached via the Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 1) at Horseshoe Bay.
www.britishcolumbia.com /regions/towns?townID=3945   (1102 words)

  
 Canadian Genealogy and History Links - British Columbia
British Columbia Archival Union List A database of fonds and collection level descriptions of records held at 156 publicly-accessible archival repositories in the province.
1881 and 1891 Census of Vancouver Island Searchable database for the 1881and 1891 census of Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands of British Columbia.
Electoral History of British Columbia 1871-1986 An historical overview of electoral activities in the Province of British Columbia during the 115 year period from 1871 to 1986.
www.islandnet.com /~jveinot/cghl/british-columbia.html   (3115 words)

  
 Trans Canada Hwy 1, British Columbia, Canada
The Trans-Canada Highway at the confluence of the Thompson and Fraser Rivers.
The Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 1) spans the Southern Interior of the province, linking Vancouver Island, Vancouver and the Fraser Valley with the Rocky Mountains at Golden, including Stein Valley Nlaka'pamux Heritage Park, Shuswap Lake and Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Parks, and Mount Revelstoke, Glacier, and Yoho National Parks.
Highway 5 links Merritt in the Okanagan-Boundary to the south and Barriere in Central Interior to the north with Highway 1 at Kamloops.
www.vancouverisland.com /regions/towns/?townID=4001   (675 words)

  
 British Columbia Trans-Canada Highway
The highest point on the Trans-Canada is at the Kicking Horse Pass on the border between Alberta & BC, with an elevation of 1643 metres.
Once you cross the Burrard Inlet, the highway climbs for magnificent views of Vancouver across the water, and ends at Horseshoe Bay ferry terminal.
The ferry ride is typically 90 minutes, 60 on the new "fast ferries." From there it's a two-hour drive south to Victoria and "Mile 0" of the Trans-Canada Highway.
www.transcanadahighway.com /britishcolumbia/index.htm   (279 words)

  
 Major Highway Routes in British Columbia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
From the junction with Route 1 at Exit 135 north to the junction with Route 7 in Agassiz, west to the junction with Route 7 at Else Road, north to the junction with Esplanade Ave in Harrison Hot Springs.
From the junction of Route 1 and Herd Road in North Cowichan via the Cowichan Valley to the junction of North Shore Road and South Shore Road at Lake Cowichan Village.
Highway 1A/99 between Stanley Park in Vancouver and Trans Canada Highway 1 in West Vancouver.
www.th.gov.bc.ca /popular-topics/driver_info/route-info/hwyroutes.htm   (2254 words)

  
 Hiking in the Vancouver, British Columbia Region
This southwestern corner of British Columbia, called Vancouver, Coast and Mountains has a number of provincial parks and wilderness areas that are perfect spots for outdoor activities including hiking.
Although all the provincial parks have mountains, alpine meadows, lakes and rivers, each one is different offering excellent outdoor recreation and facilities.
When travelling on Highway 1, heading east of Vancouver just past Abbotsford is Sumas Mountain and the familiar BC Centennial Trail with access points on both the western and eastern side.
www.fishbc.com /adventure/hiking/vancouver/index.html   (1687 words)

  
 British Columbia Hunting - moose, elk, bear
A Burnaby couple have been fined a total of $6,000 in provincial court for various offences involving the illegal possession of bear parts.
New highway signs, a website and a toll-free hotline for the public to report poachers and polluters were approved by Environment Minister Barry Penner, who is attending the 50
As of June 1, guide outfitter and angling guide exams will be administered entirely by government agents throughout British Columbia.
www.biggamehunt.net /sections/British_Columbia   (516 words)

  
 Where do you want to go birding in British Columbia today?
The Columbia Valley Wetlands - By Ellen Zimmerman.
The Columbia Mountains are the major massif between the Coast Range and Rockies.
Winter Washington and British Columbia - with Bob Sundstrom and Barry Lyon.
www.camacdonald.com /birding/cabritishcolumbia.htm   (2692 words)

  
 CYCLEVENTS - Bicycle tours in Alaska, the Yukon and British Columbia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Great Alaska Highway Ride, presents the best of this famed highway (formerly known as the Al-Can).
We'll be starting at Milepost 0 in Dawson Creek, British Columbia and finishing almost 1400 miles later at Milepost 1422 in Delta Junction, Alaska.
Our ride starts in the rolling forested hills of British Columbia, where small towns still pop-up along our route and rivers carve wide valleys for the road to follow.
www.cyclevents.com /full/alaska1.htm   (310 words)

  
 Alaska Highway, Alaska Highways, Alaska
The highway is mostly paved in Canada and all paved in Alaska.
Continuing on to Delta Junction at mile 1422/km 2288, the Alaska Highway joins the Richardson Highway for the remaining 98 miles/158 km to Fairbanks.
This small highway settlement is the gateway to a vast wilderness of mountains, rivers and lakes accesed by the Alaska Highway.
www.bellsalaska.com /myalaska/alaska_highway.html   (908 words)

  
 Yellowhead Highway 5, British Columbia, Canada
The southern portion of the Yellowhead Highway 5 links Kamloops on Highway 1 in the Okanagan with Tete Jaune Cache as it follows the North Thompson River for much of the journey, including Wells Gray and Mount Robson Provincial Parks.
This southern stretch of Yellowhead Highway 5 follows the green-hued North Thompson River as it flows south through the forested hillsides and grasslands of the Thompson Plateau.
The Fishing Highway 24 from 97 Mile House in the Cariboo links with Yellowhead Highway 5 at Little Fort, and Yellowhead Highway 16 links with Yellowhead Highway 5 at Tete Jaune Cache (north of Valemount), bringing traffic from Jasper National Park in Alberta to the east and from Prince George to the west.
www.britishcolumbia.com /regions/towns/?townID=3951   (297 words)

  
 British Columbia Provincial : British Columbia HQ   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
British Columbia's emergency management agency, a part of the Ministry of Attorney General.
Métis Provincial Council of British Columbia - MPCBC - Métis...
British Columbia HQ excludes all liability of any kind (including negligence) in respect of any third party information or other material made available on, or which can be accessed using, this Website.
britishcolumbiahq.com /britishcolumbiaprovincial/index.php   (811 words)

  
 John Hart Highway British Columbia campgrounds and RV parks
The John Hart Highway can be seen as a continuation of the 250 mile long stretch of the Yellowhead Highway that connects Jasper and Prince George.
North of Prince George, the Hart Highway crosses the Rocky Mountain Trench at the Parsnip River.
The Hart Highway is a good paved road, with a few problem areas in the pass such as broken pavement, narrow shoulders, and sharp curves.
www.karo-ent.com /hart.htm   (1202 words)

  
 Watershed Sentinel Vol.12 #1 (February/March 2002)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Now, in British Columbia, according to volunteers on the upcoming Proportional Representation (Pro-Rep) Initiative, may be the time for a major evolution in the practice democracy in North America.
In a world where wetlands disappear daily, the Columbia Wetlands have become almost all that is left of the Pacific flyway, the age-old route traversed by countless migrating birds.
British scientists fear that by 2050, the world's forests and terrestrial vegetation will cease being a carbon sink and become a carbon source.
www.rfu.org /ws121.htm   (14254 words)

  
 Whistler Blackcomb Mountain BC , Sea to Sky Highway, British Columbia, Canada
A very appropriate name as the highway is a very scenic route which follows the Howe Sound shoreline and the deep valleys leading to the Whistler Blackcomb Mountains.
Horseshoe Bay in North Vancouver is the southern terminus of Highway 99.
The southern portion of the Sea to Sky Highway (Highway 99) is reached via the Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 1) at Horseshoe Bay.
whistlereh.com /sea_to_sky.htm   (366 words)

  
 Pacific Coast Highway, British Columbia, California, Oregon and Washington   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
However, in practice California State Highway 1 and US101, the highways which run closest to the Pacific Ocean all the way from the Mexican border to Washington State's Olympic Peninsula, are commonly referred to as the Pacific Coast Highway and that informal meaning is used here for convenience.
California State Highway 2 over the San Gabriel Mountains is commonly (or at least, locally) known as the Angeles Crest Highway.
California State Highway 18 through the San Bernardino National Forest is known as the Rim Of The World Drive.
freespace.virgin.net /john.cletheroe/usa_can/scenroad/pch.htm   (1929 words)

  
 Boswell, British Columbia, Canada
Location: Boswell is located on Highway 3A on the eastern shore of Kootenay Lake, 24 miles (38 km) south of the eastern terminal of the Kootenay Lake ferry at
Nearby Lockhart Beach Provincial Park is a small, beautifully forested park offering a hiking trail along Lockhart Creek, a nice sandy beach and a picnic/day-use area.
Travel the sunny interior of British Columbia, north through the Okanagan to Sicamous, following Highway 1 into the mountains of the BC Rockies.
www.britishcolumbia.com /regions/towns/?townID=3483&webregionid=2   (382 words)

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