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Jade is mined in many parts of British Columbia. Tartan. Blue, white, green, red and gold. 1974. Symbolising the ocean, dogwood, forests, the maple leaf and sun on the shield and flag. Fossil. Elasmosaur. 2023. Adopted into the Provincial Symbols and Honours Act.
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. [27] 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.
Motto. Splendor sine occasu. "Splendour without diminishment". The coat of arms of British Columbia[1] is the heraldic symbol representing the Canadian province of British Columbia. The arms contain symbols reflecting British Columbia's British heritage along with local symbols. At the upper part of the shield is the Union Jack, representing ...
Mary*s River Association. Retrieved 11 February 2021. A salmon fly designated as the "Picture Province" has been designed by Warren Duncan comprising a tag of gold symbolizing the value of Atlantic Salmon to New Brunswick; a butt of green floss honouring the fiddlehead; a tail of red goose fibres to match Canada's flag indicating New Brunswick ...
Website. victoria.ca. Victoria is the capital city of the Canadian province of British Columbia, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of 91,867, and the Greater Victoria area has a population of 397,237. The city of Victoria is the seventh most densely populated city in Canada with 4,406 ...
British Columbia. A white banner with a Union Jack on the top third modified with a golden crown and three wavy blue lines on the bottom, all under a setting golden half-sun on the bottom. The flag of British Columbia is based upon the shield of the provincial arms of British Columbia. At the top of the flag is a rendition of the Royal Union ...
Supporters: A logger and a fisherman, standing for the traditional industries of the area. Motto: By Sea Land and Air We Prosper; the word "air" was added to the existing motto to acknowledge the growing importance of aviation to Vancouver's development. Derived symbols. The mural crown from the crest forms the basis for the city badge.
The Government of British Columbia (French: Gouvernement de la Colombie-Britannique) is the body responsible for the administration of the Canadian province of British Columbia. The term Government of British Columbia can refer to either the collective set of all three institutions, or more specifically to the executive— ministers of the ...