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4 days ago · British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada. Situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains, the province has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, forests, lakes, mountains, inland deserts and grassy plains. [9]
2 days ago · British Columbia, Canada’s westernmost province. 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 of Alaska.
4 days ago · Gold rush and permanent settlements. The gold strike of 1858 in the Cariboo Mountains made Fort Victoria into a city, opened the mainland to settlement, and transformed the frontier into a prosperous and dynamic society that was proclaimed the Colony of British Columbia.
4 days ago · The wartime growth of British Columbia continued throughout the second half of the 20th century and into the 21st. During that time, the province’s population more than tripled in size, and Vancouver emerged as a world-class metropolis and major port on the Pacific Rim.
18 hours ago · Surrey, British Columbia. / 49.19000°N 122.84889°W / 49.19000; -122.84889. Surrey is a city in British Columbia, Canada. It is located south of the Fraser River on the Canada–United States border. It is a member municipality of the Metro Vancouver regional district and metropolitan area.
1 day ago · The timeline of historic inventions is a chronological list of particularly important or significant technological inventions and their inventors, where known.
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