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The Beautiful British Columbia
 by: Ashton Billesberger

To start talking about this beautiful province, British Columbia (also known as BC) dates back to July, 20 1871, where it was the sixth province to join the Confederation. The people of the province settled in different cities. Vancouver, Vancouver island, Surrey, Burnaby, Coquitlam, Richmond, Delta, and New Westminster in the Lower Mainland, Abbotsford and Langley in the Fraser Valley, Nanaimo on Vancouver Island, and Kelowna and Kamloops in the Interior.

Quick Info

- The official language is English

- Capital city of British Columbia is Victoria

- Vancouver is the largest city

- The population is 4,220,000

- The most populated western province

- Host of the 2010 winter Olympics

- Borders the Pacific Ocean to the west

- Half of all British Columbians live in the Greater Vancouver Regional District, which includes Vancouver, New Westminster, Surrey, West Vancouver, North Vancouver, Burnaby, Coquitlam, Langley, Port Coquitlam, Maple Ridge, Delta, White Rock, Richmond, Port Moody, Anmore, Belcarra, Lions Bay and Bowen Island.

There is so much to do and see that it is hard to sum up in a few words. You can go rafting down Fraser River, tour Victoria City, golf and water sports in the Okanagan during the summer time and ski and snowboard in the winter time. This is one province that I would not want to miss out on. The natural beauty of the mountains to your east and to the west is the Pacific Ocean where you can take countless cruises up the side of the province to take in the breath taken beauty.

About The Author - (Contributing authors on each travel subject are selected based on content and authors background in each relevant travel area.) To submit articles to our site please email tony@sprynet.com . Subject matter can range from world destinations, travel tips and recommendations, travel cities, travel to countries, travel excursions, means of travel, and travel websites. Also, you may email to be added to our recommended travel sites list. Ashton Billesberger is the owner and operator of British Columbia Canada Guide - http://www.british-columbia-canada-guide.com, which is the best site on the internet for all British Columbia related information. Feel free to reprint this article as long as you keep the article, this caption and author biography in tact with all hyperlinks.

This article was posted on February 09, 2006