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British Columbia

British Columbia, province, SW 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. The crest of the Rocky Mountains forms the South portion of the East Boundary. The province includes Vancouver Island and the Queen Charlotte Islands of the West coast.

British Columbia became part of the Confederation of Canada on July 20, 1871, as the sixth province. British Columbia has many natural resources such as mineral reserves, forests, fisheries, which provide for a growing manufacturing economy. Scenic and recreational attractions have made British Columbia a popular tourist area. The province was named for the Columbia River, which originates there and flows South across the border to the U. S.

*BRITISH COLUMBIA DISTRICTS/COUNTIES*
ALBERNI CLAYOQUOT AREA Port Alberni Sooke Tofino Ucluelet	BULKLEY NECHAKO AREA Fort St James	CAPITAL AREA Brentwood Bay Esquimalt Metchosin Saanichton Sidney Victoria	CARIBOO AREA 108 Mile Ranch Crescent Spur Horsefly Mackenzie McBride Prince George Quesnel Valemount Wells Williams Lake
CASSIAR AREA Alice Arm Dease Lake Hazelton	COMOX STRATHCONA AREA Campbell River Comox Courtenay Fanny Bay Gold River Lazo Mansons Landing Quathiaski Cove Royston Tahsis	KAMLLOPS AREA Armstrong Canoe Chase Clearwater Enderby Kamloops Logan Lake Lytton Merritt Salmon Arm Savona Scotch Creek Sicamous Sorrento	KITIMAT STIKINE AREA Burns Lake Houston Kitimat Prince Rupert Smithers Terrace Thornhill Vanderhoof
KOOTENAYS Balfour Castlegar Cranbrook Crawford Bay Creston Edgewater Elkford Fairmont Hot Springs Fernie Fort Steele Fruitvale Genelle Golden Invermere Kaslo Kimberley Kootenay Bay Nakusp Nelson New Denver Panorama Parson Radium Hot Springs Revelstoke Rossland Salmo Silverton Slocan Park Trail Wasa Windermere	LILLOOET AREA Clinton Gold Bridge Lillooet Lone Butte Mount Currie Pemberton	MOUNT WADDINGTON AREA Bella Bella Bella Coola Nimpo Lake Port Hardy Port McNeill Sointula Telegraph Cove	NANAIMO AREA Cedar Coombs Errington Gabriola Lantzville Nanaimo Parksville Qualicum Beach
NEW WESTMINSTER AREA Abbotsford Aldergrove Annieville Belcarra Blubber Bay Burnaby Chilliwack Clearbrook Cloverdale Coquitlam Delta Egmont Fort Langley Gibsons Harrison Hot Springs Harrison Mills Ladner Maple Ridge Mission Mount Lehman New Westminster North Delta North Vancouver Pitt Meadows Port Coquitlam Port Moody Powell River Richmond Rosedale Sechelt Squamish Surrey Tsawwassen Vancouver West Vancouver Whistler White Rock	OKANAGAN Beaverdell Cawston Christina Lake Grand Forks Greenwood Keremeos Midway Okanagan Falls Oliver Osoyoos Penticton	OSOYOOS AREA Kelowna Lumby Oyama Peachland Summerland Vernon Westbank Winfield	PEACE RIVER AREA Dawson Creek Fort Nelson Fort St John Tumbler Ridge
RANGE COAST Mill Bay	SKEENA QUEEN CHARLOTTE Masset Queen Charlotte City Sandspit Tlell	YALE AREA Hope Princeton	COWICHAN AREA

British Columbia Facts:

Capital: Victoria
Motto: Splendor without diminishment
Floral Emblem: Dogwood
Area: 366,255 sq. mi, of which 6976 sq. mi. is inland water; 4th largest among the provinces and territories. Shoreline: 30,348 mi.
Highest Point: Mount Fairweather, 15,300 ft.
Lowest Point: Sea level, along the Pacific coast
Principal Rivers: Fraser, Columbia, Skeena, Kootenay
Principal Lakes: Williston, Attlin, Babine, Kootenay