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HighBeam Encyclopedia - British Columbia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) |
 | | British Columbia, the westernmost province of Canada, is bounded on the E by Alberta, on the S by Montana, Idaho, and Washington, on the W by the Pacific Ocean, on the NW by Alaska, and on the N by the Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories. |
 | | British Columbia attracts millions of visitors annually, and the land is a hunting and fishing paradise. |
 | | In 1866, Vancouver Island and British Columbia were merged, and in 1871 the united British Columbia, lured by promises of financial aid and the building of a transcontinental railroad that would link it to the rest of Canada, voted to join the new Canadian confederation. |
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