British Columbia

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British Columbia

• By John

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Location

• In Canada British Columbia is the most western
  province.
• British Columbia is Canada's 3rd largest
  province.
• British Columbia is one of Canada's western
  provinces.

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Capital city

• The capital city of British Columbia is Victoria.
• Victoria is a island in Vancouver.
• The parliament buildings are lit with over 3300
  light bulbs.
• Victoria is one of the largest city in Vancouver
  island.

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Population

• British Columbia is home to northwest native
  people.
• Victoria is home to over 6500 aboriginal people.
• Many of British Columbia's people are from
  Britain, Western Europe, East and southeast Asia.

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History

• The Fraser valley gold rush in 1856 brought a
  lot of people to British Columbia.
• British Columbia became a Canadian province in
  1871.

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Industry

• Scientists find new ways to make telephones
  lasers and computers.
• Tourism is an important industry to Victoria.

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Fast facts

• One of British Columbia's symbols are the
  Pacific Dogwood flower.
• British Columbia official tree is the Western Red
  Cedar.
• British Columbia official bird is the Stellar
  Jay.

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References

• British Columbia, Barb McDermott and Gail
  Mckeown. Reidmore books.1999.
• Victoria, Barb McDermott and Gail Mckeown.
  Reidmore books.1999
• www.travel-british-columbia.com/ camp/
• www.ewh.ieee.org/reg/7/sections/
  photos/victoria.jpg
• www.rasc.ca/ga/ ga1988-victoria-800.jpg
• www.lawrence-bahai.org/ news.html
• www.saxton.org/birds