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  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 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.
From the southern entrance to Goldstream park, the Malahat section of the highway, which is known for its steep grades, goes north for 20 km, becoming three lanes on its exit from Goldstream park and passing through the community of Malahat proper en route, until it reaches the community of Mill Bay.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_Columbia_provincial_highway_1   (2225 words)

  
 British Columbia - Search View - MSN Encarta
British Columbia, Pacific Coast province in western Canada, bounded on the north by Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories; on the east by Alberta; on the south by the states of Montana, Idaho, and Washington; and on the west by the Pacific Ocean and Alaska.
British Columbia is represented by 36 members in the Canadian House of Commons and by six senators, appointed by the Canadian governor-general, in the upper house, or Senate of the federal government.
British Columbia’s economy was largely based on the exploitation of natural resources through mining, lumbering, and fisheries, which produced a range of goods for export.
encarta.msn.com /text_761574576__1/British_Columbia.html   (7370 words)

  
 Vancouver - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The first pavement in British Columbia was the Stanley Park ring road, and was made out of the crushed shells of the large midden at the old native village of Qwhy-qwhy (Lumberman's Arch); it was paved for use by bicycles, which until the introduction of the autmobile later on were a popular form of transportation.
With its location on the Pacific Rim and at the western terminus of Canada's transcontinental highway and rail routes, Vancouver is one of the nation's largest industrial centres.
In the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Vancouver has ten constituencies: in the 2005 provincial election, the BC Liberal Party and the BC New Democratic Party each won five seats.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vancouver   (6325 words)

  
 Crowsnest Highway, British Columbia, Canada
The Crowsnest Highway (Highway 3) runs from Hope at the east end of the Fraser Valley all the way east to the British Columbia-Alberta border in the Rockies.
The Crowsnest Highway runs from Hope at the east end of the Fraser Valley east to Grand Forks on the western edge of the Kootenays, through the Cascade Mountains and Manning Provincial Park and across the desertlike southern Okanagan Valley, including Princeton, Keremeos, and Osoyoos.
From Creston in the Selkirk Mountains via Highway 3 to Cranbrook in the Purcell Mountains, and Crowsnest Pass and the British Columbia-Alberta border in the Rockies, including Moyie Lake Provincial Park, Fernie Snow Valley Ski Area, and the border-area provincial parks.
www.britishcolumbia.com /regions/towns/?townID=4009   (1152 words)

  
 Okanagan travel guide - Wikitravel
Okanagan (Often referred to as the Okanagan Valley) is a region of British Columbia, in Canada.
The predominant language in the Okanagan (as with the majority of British Columbia) is English.
Greyhound has frequent coach service from almost all points in British Columbia and beyond into the cities and towns of the Okanagan.
wikitravel.org /en/Okanagan   (521 words)

  
 Protected Areas Programme -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION Lies in the extreme northwestern corner of British Columbia, and as a major part of the Haines Triangle, is wedged between the Yukon Territory to the north and the Alaska Panhandle to the west and south.
While the western portion of the park is dominated by the St Elias mountains and associated glaciers and icefields, the eastern portion consists of the lower elevation Alsek Ranges with large expanses of alpine tundra.
In 1943/44 the Haines highway and parallel pipeline which today forms the eastern boundary of the park, were constructed from Haines, Alaska to Haines Junction, Yukon as a supply route for Alaska during World War II.
www.unep-wcmc.org /protected_areas/data/wh/tatshen.html   (1975 words)

  
 British Columbia: Okanagan Similkameen -- Provincial Parks
Located on Highway 33 east of Osoyoos, the Kettle River Recreation Area provides the visitor with camping facilities, excellent swimming and fishing and hiking trails leading to abandoned pieces of the Kettle Valley section of the CPR.
The park is 60 km east of Vernon on Highway 6.
Located on Highway 97 near its namesake community, Okanagan Falls Provincial Park is nestled into a forest cover of deciduous trees beside the river.
www.bcadventure.com /adventure/explore/ok/parks/index.html   (822 words)

  
 Vancouver Island, BC, Recreation Guide - VancouverIsland.com
British Columbia's magnificent parks and forests are praised world-wide for their spectacular natural beauty and peaceful, affordable campsites.
The campsites are also separated from the day-use area of the boot-shaped park by a network of hiking and walking trails that provides a further degree of privacy, particularly in early fall when thousands of day trippers converge on the north end of the park to witness the annual salmon run.
Although Montague Harbour Provincial Marine Park (19 vehicle/tent sites, 21 walk-in) on the west side of Galiano Island was British Columbia's first marine park, it has become just as popular with drive-in and cycle-in visitors as with boaters.
www.nanaimobritishcolumbia.com /Recreation/camping.html   (3997 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The United States of America
Not unconnected with this measure, perhaps, was an intention of establishing permanently in America a body of 10,000 British troops, for whose maintenance it was decided to provide at least in part by a Parliamentary tax in the colonies.
The severity of the new regulations, by which property amounting to 3000 was soon swept into prize courts, coupled with the declared intention of raising by imperial authority a revenue for the defence of the colonies, created a constitutional question of the gravest character.
The importunities of British merchants, who were creditors of American importers, as much at least as a feeling of tenderness for the colonists, influenced Grenville to suspend for almost a year his purpose of laying a stamp duty on America.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/15156a.htm   (21335 words)

  
 Kettle Valley Railway Circle Tour - Travel British Columbia, BCLCA
Highway 3 continues to Rock Creek (52km / 31mi) where the tour travels north on Highway 33 to Kelowna (133km / 80mi).
In and around Osoyoos, low rainfall and sandy soil create a desert environment that is home to over 30% of British Columbia’s threatened and endangered wildlife, rare insects and plants.
From here, head north onto Highway 33 where the tour route follows the old Kettle Valley Rail grade as it winds its way along the banks of the West Kettle River.
www.travel-british-columbia.com /tours/kettle_valley_railway_circle_tour.aspx   (1797 words)

  
 Short Trips: The road less traveled north is rugged, scenic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The vista from the Cassiar Highway as it snakes through British Columbia north of Meziadin Junction is lush and rolling.
Today the best part of the Cassiar Highway, which winds through some of the most spectacular wilderness areas in northern British Columbia, is that most of its original, rugged character is intact.
The highway between Meziadin Junction and Kinaskan Provincial Park campground on Kinaskan Lake, about midpoint on the highway, is dicey in spots because of construction and the deteriorating seal-coat (gravel) roadbed.
seattlepi.nwsource.com /getaways/190928_shorttrips16.html   (1702 words)

  
 Provincial Parks of the Cariboo Chilcotin Coast, British Columbia, Canada
Big Bar Provincial Park is located 42 km northwest of Clinton and provides a campground, picnic area and boat launching ramp.
The park is located 17 km southeast of Clinton off of Highway 97 and provides a campground and picnic area.
This is the largest marine park on the coast of British Columbia, encompassing 122,988 hectares of land and sea.
bcadventure.com /adventure/explore/cariboo/parks/index.html   (963 words)

  
 Vancouver - Wikitravel
Highway #1 is the Trans Canada highway which enters the city from the east.
Highway 99 runs from the USA/Canada border to Whistler, it is the Canadian extension of the USA's Interstate 5 which starts in San Diego.
The Trans-Canada highway also known as highway 1 enters Greater Vancouver from the East and ends at the Horseshoe Bay ferry terminal, the highway continues on Vancouver Island.
wikitravel.org /en/Vancouver,_British_Columbia   (8881 words)

  
 John Hart Highway, BC highways
This 406 km/mile 250 mile highway leads from Prince George to Dawson Creek, BC the start of the Alaska Highway.
Chetwynd was formerly known as "Little Prairie" but was renamed to honor the late Ralph Chetwynd, a British Columbia Minister of Railways, who fought hard to have the provincial railroad extended to this region.
A town that was built to service the growing coal mining industry of Northeastern British Columbia.
www.bellsalaska.com /myalaska/hart_highway.html   (448 words)

  
 FairVote - Electoral Reform in British Columbia
These results from British Columbia show clearly how obvious the limitations of winner-take-all are, in contrast to the advantages of choice voting.
In British Columbia, if choice voting were adopted, the current single member districts would be combined into multi-member districts.
Although the effort to switch to proportional representation in Canada at a national level may be blocked, five provinces, British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island, are considering the adoption of proportional representation.
www.fairvote.org /?page=515   (1569 words)

  
 British Columbia Road Map Travel Guide: #33 Kelowna to Rock Creek   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
This highway is a scenic drive climbing up to a mountain plateau, connecting access to Big White Mountain.
The highway decends to the Town of Rock Creek, at points it parallels the historical, West Kettle River.
Rock Creek, all services.The discovery of gold in 1859 sparked the biggest gold rush in the history of the province of British Columbia, with over 500 American and British miners panning the creeks and tributaries in the Rock Creek area.
www.milebymile.com /main/Canada/British_Columbia/State_33/Canada_British_Columbia_road_map_travel_guides.html   (302 words)

  
 Major Highway Routes in British Columbia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
From the junction with Route 97 north of Fort Nelson to the British Columbia/Northwest Territories boundary south of Fort Liard.
All route markers are the standard British Columbia Marker except where use of Trans-Canada, Yellowhead and Crowsnest Route Markers are specified.
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)

  
 1001 Squamish, Pemberton, Britannia Beach, Whistler, Sea-to-Sky Country - proudly presented by Kanada News' Canada ...
The highway is also called Sea-to-Sky Highway, as it takes you on winding roads from the picturesque Horseshoe Bay to the mountain communities of Britannia Beach, Squamish, Whistler, Pemberton, and Lillooet.
On your way you will pass Porteau Cove Provincial Park, which is a popular picnic spot as well as a mecca for scuba divers, who explore old sunken ship wrecks in shallow water.
However, if there is not enough time, a 1/2-hour trail away from Highway 99 can be taken another day, this starts at One Mile Lake and is located at the entrance to Pemberton, just a mile from the centre (hence its name) and winding between the forest trees up to Nairn Falls.
www.kanada-british-columbia.de /en/squamish_pemberton   (1129 words)

  
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 Crowsnest Highway 3, British Columbia, Canada
He became lieutenant-governor of British Columbia before he retired in 1897.
Highway 3 winds its way through the Monashee and Selkirk Mountains for about 135 miles (220 km) between Grand Forks and Creston, including the Kootenay Summit (5,820 feet/1746 m), Red Mountain Ski Area, and Christina Lake, Nancy Greene, and Kokanee Glacier Provincial Parks.
So convoluted does the highway become that branches of it spin off and feed into each other in a tight knot in the Nelson, Castlegar, Trail, and Salmo loop.
www.britishcolumbia.com /regions/towns/?townID=3948   (1153 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)

  
 GeoParent | Local | British Columbia: The Joys of Small Town, BC
Today more than 33 larger-than-life historical murals done by a variety of Canadian artists, make a walking tour as impressive as a visit to a high-end gallery.
British Columbia's most northwesterly town sits on the eastern shoreline of Atlin Lake, the province's largest natural lake.
Discovering British Columbia is as easy as calling toll-free (800) HELLO BC (North America) or HELLO BC (435-5622) in Greater Vancouver.
geoparent.com /local/britishcolumbia/features/aroundbc.htm   (1345 words)

  
 Sea to Sky Highway - Vancouver Travel Guide - VirtualTourist.com
The Stawamus Chief is a huge monolith of a mountain found north of Vancouver on the Sea to Sky Highway in the town of Squamish.
The Sea-to-Sky highway (or Hwy 99), which takes you from Vancouver, through Horseshoe Bay (where this picture was taken), along Howe Sound, by Britannia Beach, through the town of Squamish, and then up to Whistler.
Shannon Falls is near the town of Squamish between Vancouver and Whistler on the Sea to Sky highway.
www.virtualtourist.com /travel/North_America/Canada/Province_of_British_Columbia/Vancouver-903183/Off_the_Beaten_Path-Vancouver-Sea_to_Sky_Highway-BR-1.html   (713 words)

  
 Sea to Sky Highway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
A fancy name for Hwy 99 between North Vancouver and Whistler, the Sea to Sky Highway has a slightly better reputation than it deserves, mainly because Vancouver's weekend hordes need to reassure themselves of the grandeur of the scenery at their doorstep.
Views here are better than along the Sunshine Coast, though plenty of campsites, motels and minor roadside distractions fill the route until the mountains of the Coast Range rear up beyond Squamish for the rest of the way to Whistler.
If you've a car you're better off driving the highway only as far as Garibaldi Provincial Park – the section between Pemberton and Lillooet, the Duffy Lake Road, is very slow-going and often impassable in winter, though the drive is a stunner with wonderful views of lakes and glaciers.
www.pacificislandtravel.com /north_america/canada/about_destin/britishcolumbia/seatoskyhighway.html   (437 words)

  
 Alaska Highway Photo Album: Page 1, Dawson Creek to Whitehorse - ExploreNorth   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Below, one of the major re-routing projects on the Alaska Highway was at Trutch Mountain, Historic Mile 178.
This photo was taken from the highway bridge at Km 451 in October 2002.
This is in Stone Mountain Provincial Park in October 2002.
www.explorenorth.com /library/weekly/aa111398.htm   (977 words)

  
 HISTORY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
The History of British Columbia is a course that explores the social, political, cultural and economic development of Canada's western-most province.
From Colony To Province: British Columbia and Confederation
BRITISH COLUMBIA HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHS ONLINE : Links to photograph databases and galleries maintained by the Archives Association of B.C. : A portal to B.C. History web-sites compiled by David Mattison.
www.misterdann.com /britishcolumbiahistory.htm   (1506 words)

  
 BC Travel - British Columbia Travel Guide - BC Hotel Accommodations - BC Outdoor Adventure
British Columbia, the western most province of Canada has something for everyone.
Experience British Columbia from Victoria, Vancouver Island on the west to the BC and Alberta Rockies on the east.
Activities in British Columbia include sightseeing, wildlife viewing, birding, salt water fishing, fresh water fishing, golfing, skiing, snowmobiling, hiking, trail riding, kayaking, boating, sailing, water activities, and other indoor and other British Columbia outdoor wilderness adventure activities.
www.bctravel.com /huntingdon/gatsby.html   (237 words)

  
 Sunshine Coast Circle Tour - Travel British Columbia, BCLCA
This park is among the most beautiful waterfronts in the British Columbia parks system.
Stroll through the charming downtown and find 33 murals that changed not only the face, but also the livelihood of the little community.
Continue south on Highway 19 until you reach Victoria, British Columbia's idyllic Provincial capital.
www.travel-british-columbia.com /tours/Sunshine_Coast_Circle_Tour.aspx   (1642 words)

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