WebDec 14, 2022 · The Colony of Vancouver Island was created in 1849, with Victoria designated as the capital. With the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush in 1858, the colonial office to designate the mainland as the Colony of British Columbia (1858-1866). A series of gold rushes in various parts of the province followed, the largest being the Cariboo Gold Rush …

WebDec 5, 2022 · British Columbia, westernmost of Canada’s 10 provinces. It is bounded to the north by Yukon and the Northwest Territories, to the east by the province of Alberta, to the south by the U.S. states of Montana, Idaho, and Washington, and to the west by the Pacific Ocean and the southern panhandle region of the U.S. state of Alaska. It stretches …

WebDec 14, 2022 · Guide to British Columbia ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth, marriage, and death records found in civil registration, census records, church records, and cemetery records. Birth, death, and marriage information is the foundation for describing your family history. It defines the life span of individual ancestors, and links both …

WebBritish Columbia’s small puma (cougar) population is still the largest in any North American jurisdiction. Lynx are found throughout the interior. The coastal waters of British Columbia are home to dolphins, humpback whales, and several species of seals and sea lions, most in healthy numbers.

Web↑ Vancouver is Canada's eighth-largest city and British Columbia's largest city by population. The Vancouver CMA includes the cities of Burnaby, Coquitlam, Langley, Maple Ridge, New Westminster, North Vancouver, Pitt Meadows, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Richmond, Surrey, Vancouver and White Rock. ↑ Victoria is British Columbia's capital.

WebThe University of British Columbia ( UBC) is a major public university located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with another location in Kelowna. It was started in 1908 and moved to its current location in Point Grey in 1925. It is one of the largest universities in Canada, with a student population of over 60,000.

Webブリティッシュコロンビア州 （ 英語: British Columbia [ˌbrɪtɪʃ kəˈlʌmbiə] ( 音声ファイル) 、 フランス語: Colombie-Britannique ）は、 カナダ の 州 のひとつ。. 太平洋 に面したカナダ最西部に位置する。. 略して BC とも呼ばれる。. 州名は 1858年 に イギリス の ...

WebTo avoid confusion with Colombia in South America and the island of New Caledonia in the Pacific Ocean, Queen Victoria named the area British Columbia when it became a colony in 1858. Population (2006): 4,310,500. Area: Land – 929,730 km 2 Fresh water – 18,070 km 2 Total – 947,800 km 2Capital: Victoria Date of entry into Confederation ...

WebJan 27, 2022 · British Columbia or BC [1] is the westernmost province in Canada. Like much of the rest of Canada, it is a large place. British Columbia is about four times the size of Great Britain with less than one tenth of the population.

WebNov 2, 2020 · Canada British Columbia location map.svg. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. File. File history. File usage on Commons. File usage on other wikis. Size of this PNG preview of this SVG file: 740 × 600 pixels. Other resolutions: 296 × 240 pixels | 593 × 480 pixels | 948 × 768 pixels | 1,264 × 1,024 pixels | 2,528 × 2,048 ...

WebJan 17, 2023 · (poetic) America; the United States; an appellation given in honor of Christopher Columbus.· (dated) A female personification of the USA.· A river in British Columbia, Canada and in Washington and Oregon, United States, flowing from the Canadian Rockies to the Pacific Ocean. Several places in the United States. The capital …