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 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Vancouver, British Columbia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
For more general information see North Vancouver, British Columbia or North Shore (Greater Vancouver).
The City of North Vancouver, British Columbia, is a waterfront municipality on the North Shore of Burrard Inlet.
The District of North Vancouver is a District Municipality in British Columbia.
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 Victoria, British Columbia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Spanish and British took up the exploration of the northwest coast of North America beginning with the voyage of Captain James Cook in 1776, although the Victoria area of the Strait of Juan de Fuca was not penetrated until 1791.
With the discovery of gold on the British Columbia mainland in 1858, Victoria became the port, supply base, and outfitting centre for miners on their way to the Fraser Canyon gold fields, mushrooming from a population of 300 to over 5000 literally within a few days.
In 1866 when the island was politically united with the mainland, Victoria remained the capital of the new united colony and became the provincial capital when British Columbia joined the Canadian Confederation in 1871.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Victoria,_British_Columbia   (2610 words)

  
 Mountain Travel Sobek | Trip Leaders
Andrés has guiding experience in the rainforest, highlands, and the Galápagos Islands of Ecuador, and when not guiding, enjoys mountain biking, running, and climbing.
David is an easy-going character who enjoys the outdoors and has a special interest in British history.
His lectures on Bhutan, Nepal, India, Burma, and Tibet (and the tribal peoples) have been sponsored by such schools as Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, Brown, Columbia, Cornell, UCLA, and the Henry Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington.
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Q appears, as stated by Data, in the uniform of a Napoleonic Marshal of France.
Well, I have painted dozens of Napoleonic figures and have several reference books on the subject and I have never come across a Marshal in predominately red-it was invariably blue; we [the British] were red.
Presumably the truth was only mentioned in the top-secret records referring to the dangers of attempting to leave the galaxy too slowly without full shields."
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 Scotland Royalty - Scottish Genealogy of the Kings & Queens Royal Family Trees   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
I descend from noble families from the Highlands and Lowlands of Scotland and abroad.
Take a journey with me into the ancient past and learn of the Royal Famlies.
Unofficial British Royal Family Pages - Royal News!
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ORIGIN OF STATE NAME: Named for the British Channel Island of Jersey.
COAT OF ARMS: In the center is a shield with three plows, symbolic of agriculture; a helmet above indicates sovereignty, and a horse's head atop the helmet signifies speed and prosperity.
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