2008. április 28., hétfő

Regions of British Columbia Canada:

- Northern B.C.: The Northeast region is home to diverse range of communities and experiences, from the Peace River Valley to the Rocky Mountains, cross-country skiing to rollicking rodeos, the vast region has something for everyone

- Caribou - Chilcotin Coast: Stretching across British Columbia from the Cariboo Mountains to the sparkling Pacific lays a spectacular region full of natural beauty, history, culture and endless adventures. Discovered during the Gold Rush a century and a half ago, the Cariboo Chilcotin Coast region offers fortunate visitors a true Canadian "Wild West" experience.

- Victoria - The Islands: The oceanside community of Victoria, BC is the provincial capital of British Columbia. Victoria is also referred to around the world as the " City of Gardens ". The Victoria community is located on the southern most tip of Vancouver Island BC making Victoria the southern most city on the west coast of Canada. Victoria is the Island's largest city, estimated at 360,000 people.

- Vancouver british columbia – Mountains: (Metro Vancouver), legally the Greater Vancouver Regional District, is the inter-municipal body, or regional district, charged with certain aspects of governance for the metropolitan area surrounding and including the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. (from wikipedia)

- B.C. Rockies: The region includes five different, spectacular mountain ranges, including the Canadian Rockies, that create breathtaking mountain and river valleys each with their own character and each offering an unbelievable variety of unequalled recreational and getaway opportunities.

- Thompson – Okanagan: The Thompson Okanagan region with it's diverse landscape and more sunshine per year than any other region in Canada, boasts a spectrum of golf courses that are second to none.

2008. április 24., csütörtök

British Columbia in Wikipedia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is famed for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu ("Splendour without Sunset (Diminishment)"). It was the sixth province to join the Canadian Confederation. Its residents are referred to as British Columbians.

The capital of British Columbia is Victoria, the 15th largest metropolitan region in Canada. The largest city is Vancouver, Canada's third-largest metropolitan area.

British Columbia is bordered by the Pacific Ocean on the west, by the U.S. state of Alaska on the northwest, and to the north by the Yukon and the Northwest Territories, on the east by the province of Alberta, and on the south by the U.S. states of Washington, Idaho, and Montana. The current southern border of British Columbia was established by the 1846 Oregon Treaty, although its history is tied with lands as far south as the California border. British Columbia's land area is 944,735 square kilometres (364,764 square miles) which is about the size of France, Germany and the Netherlands combined. It is larger than the total area of Washington, Oregon and California. British Columbia's rugged coastline stretches for more than 27,000 kilometres (17,000 mi), and includes deep, mountainous fjords and about 6,000 islands, most of which are uninhabited.

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