Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
British Columbia is customarily divided into three main regions, the Interior, the Coast and the Lower Mainland (though the last-named is technically part of the Coast). ). These are broken up by a loose and often overlapping system of cultural-geographic regions, often based on river basins but sometimes spannin
The BC Geographical Names (formerly BC Geographical Names Information System or BCGNIS) is a geographic name web service and database for the Canadian province of British Columbia run by the Base Mapping and Geomatic Services Branch of the Integrated Land Management Bureau. BCGNIS is the master database of British Columbia place names.
British Columbia geography-related lists (1 C, 30 P) B. Borders of British Columbia (31 P) ... Chinook Jargon place names (68 P) Climbing areas of British Columbia (4 ...
Topographical map of British Columbia. Geography of British Columbia. British Columbia is: a province of Canada; Location: The regions in which British Columbia is located are: Northern Hemisphere, Western Hemisphere. Americas. North America. Northern America. Canada. Western Canada; Extreme points of British Columbia
The following is a partial list of rivers of British Columbia, organized by watershed. Some large creeks are included either because of size or historical importance (See Alphabetical List of British Columbia rivers). Also included are lakes that are "in-line" connecting upper tributaries of listed rivers, or at their heads.
Geography portal By province ... List of physiogeographic regions of British Columbia; B. British Columbia Coast; C. Chimney Rock (Canada) Coyote's Penis; D. Dutch ...
The province's name was chosen by Queen Victoria, when the Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866), i.e., "the Mainland", became a British colony in 1858. [24] It refers to the Columbia District, the British name for the territory drained by the Columbia River, in southeastern British Columbia, which was the namesake of the pre-Oregon Treaty Columbia Department of the Hudson's Bay Company.
This is a list of islands of British Columbia. South Coast. Vancouver Island. Vancouver Island; Gulf of Georgia ... Geographical names, Canada This page was last ...