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  Encyclopedia: Langford, British Columbia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Langford was named after Captain Edward Langford, who established a Hudson's Bay Company farm there in 1851.
Langford was incorporated as a district municipality in 1993.
The District of Saanich is a municipality on Vancouver Island in British Columbia.
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 Victoria, British Columbia - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
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 Cariboo gold fields.
In 1866 when the island was politically united with the mainland, Victoria remained the capital of the colony and became the provincial capital in 1871.
In the heart of downtown is the Royal British Columbia Museum, with large galleries on local First Peoples, Natural History and Modern History.
open-encyclopedia.com /Victoria,_British_Columbia   (708 words)

  
 Nanaimo, British Columbia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
78,000) is located at 49°11′ N 123°59′ W, it is the second largest city on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.
Nanaimo is home to the oldest continuous community band in Canada, The Nanaimo Concert Band, established in 1872.
In the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Nanaimo is represented by the ridings of Nanaimo (Leonard Krog, New Democratic Party of British Columbia) and Nanaimo-Parksville (Ron Cantelon, British Columbia Liberal Party).
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 British Columbia GenWeb Links   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
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.
Guide to Archival Repositories in British Columbia Entries for 173 archives in the province and includes the name and location of each repository, contact information, and a brief description of the extent, nature and scope of holdings at each institution.
Victoria, British Columbia, Downtown Property Map Developed for Colliers International, a global real estate services firm, this map shows all properties in the downtown core of Victoria, and includes streets and street names, cadastral lines, building footprints, the number of floors in a building, landmarks, and property type.
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 AllRefer.com - Langford, British Columbia, Canada - (village) - Facts and Information
Langford, village, SW B.C., Canada, on SE Vancouver Isl., 6 mi/10 km W of Victoria; 48°27'N 123°30'W. Logging; mixed farming, fruit growing, vegetables, dairying.
Capital city or county seat is shown by the symbol
Columbia Gazetteer of North America Copyright © 2000, Columbia University Press.
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