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BRITISH COLUMBIA

BRITISH COLUMBIA. Steller’s Jay. Red Cedar. By: Trent. LOCATION. B.C. is the 3 rd largest province of the 10 provinces in Canada; it is the most westerly province in Canada. Alberta,the Yukon, Northwest Territories, and the Pacific Ocean Border it.

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BRITISH COLUMBIA

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  1. BRITISH COLUMBIA Steller’s Jay Red Cedar By: Trent

  2. LOCATION • B.C. is the 3rd largest province of the 10 provinces in Canada; it is the most westerly province in Canada. • Alberta,the Yukon, Northwest Territories, and the Pacific Ocean Border it. • Has 2 big mountain ranges called the coast mountains and the rocky mountains.

  3. CAPITAL CITY • Victoria is the capital city of B.C.; it is located on the south coast of Vancouver island. • The Government of B.C meets in the Parliament buildings in Victoria which is lit by 3300 small light bulbs every night since 1897. • Victoria has a harbor, 2 straits,and the empress hotel which has has 481 rooms and has a garden inside this amazing hotel was built in 1908. The Empress Hotel The parliament buildings.

  4. PLACES TO VISIT • B.C. has over 20,000,000 visitors each year. • People go to whistler mountain to ski, and to Okanogan valley for the warm weather. • Stanley park is 1 of the biggest city parks in Canada,it has an aquarium,gardens, beaches, hiking trails, and totem poles which native people carved out of wood.

  5. POPULATION • Alot of people that live in B.C. have come from Britain, Western Europe, East and Southeast Asia, Bangladesh and Pakistan. • Largest Chinese community in Canada. • Home to the following Native Tribes; Tinget, Sekani, Haida, Nootka, Chilcotin, and Shuswae.

  6. RESOURCES • Forestry is largest industry; forests cover one half of B.C. • Has largest and oldest trees in Canada. • Mines: copper, coal, gold, silver and zinc. • Largest fishing industry in Canada. • Okanogan valley is the largest producer of apples, cherries and plums in Canada.

  7. INTRESTING FACTS • Flower is the Pacific Dogwood • Tree is the Western Red Cedar. • Bird is the Steller’s Jay. • Motto is “Splendor Without Diminishment”. Pacific Dogwood

  8. REFERENCES • British Columbia, Barb Mcermott and Gail Mckeown , Reidmore Books Inc 1999. • Victoria, Barb Mcermott and Gail Mckeown , Reidmore Books Inc 1999. • http://www.gov.bc.ca/bcgov/popt/bcfact/official.htm#flower • http://www.parl-bldgs.gov.bc.ca/

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