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Given its varied mountainous terrain and its coasts, lakes, rivers, and forests, British Columbia has long been enjoyed for pursuits like hiking and camping, rock climbing and mountaineering, hunting and fishing. A wide variety of water sports can also be enjoyed.
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DESTINATION VANCOUVERVancouver's scenic location makes it a major tourist destination. Visitors come for the city's gardens, Stanley Park, Queen Elizabeth Park, and the mountains, ocean, forest and parklands surrounding the city. The numerous beaches, parks, waterfronts, mountain backdrop, and its cultural character contribute to its appeal ... |
| VANCOUVER: Canada Place, Capilano River, Cypress Mountain, Gastown, Grouse Mountain, Lions Gate Bridge, Museum of Vancouver, Pacific Coliseum, Rogers Arena, Science World, Seawall, SkyTrain, Stanley Park, Vancouver Art Gallery, Winter Olympics, ... see all Vancouver |
DESTINATION VICTORIAPrior to the arrival of Captain James Cook in the late 1700s, the Victoria area was home to several communities of Coast Salish peoples, including the Songhees. The Spanish and British took up the exploration of the northwest coast of North America beginning with the visits of Juan Perez and Captain James Cook ... |
| VICTORIA: Beacon Hill Park, Butchart Gardens, Butterfly Gardens, Christchurch Cathedral, Craigdarroch Castle, The Empress, Observatory, Ogden Point, Pacific Undersea Gardens, Parliament Buildings, ... see all Victoria |
GARIBALDI NATIONAL PARKGaribaldi Provincial Park, also called Garibaldi Park, is a wilderness park located in British Columbia, about 70 kilometres north of Vancouver. The park is located to the east of the Sea to Sky Highway between Squamish and Whistler and covers an area of over 1,950 square kilometres. Garibaldi was designated as a provincial park in 1927 ... |
GLACIER NATIONAL PARKGlacier National Park is one of seven national parks in British Columbia, and is part of a system of 43 parks and park reserves across Canada. It protects a portion of the Columbia Mountains. It also contains the Rogers Pass National Historic Centre, designated for its importance in the construction and development of Canada's first major national transportation route ... |
DISCOVER KELOWNAKelowna is a city on Okanagan Lake in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, Canada. Its name derives from a native term for female grizzly bear. Relative to most Canadian cities, Kelowna enjoys a dry climate and mild temperatures. First settled by missionaries in 1859, Kelowna was officially incorporated in 1905 ... |
OGOPOGOOgopogo or Naitaka (lake demon) is the name given to a cryptid lake monster reported to live in Okanagan Lake, in British Columbia, Canada. Ogopogo has been seen by Native Americans since the 19th century. The most common description of Ogopogo is a forty- to fifty-foot-long (12 to 15 m) sea serpent. It has supposedly been photographed and even been caught on tape ... |
OKANAGEN LAKEOkanagan Lake, is a large deep lake in the Okanagan Valley. The lake is 135 km long, between 4 and 5 km wide. The lake's maximum depth is 232 meters near Grant Island (also called Whiskey Island or Seagull Island by locals). Some areas of the lake have up to 750 meters of glacial and post-glacial sediment fill which were deposited during the Pleistocene Epoch ... |
DISCOVER OSOYOOSOsoyoos is a town in the southern part of the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia near the border with Washington state. The town is also adjacent to the Indian Reserve of the Osoyoos Indian Band. The origin of the name Osoyoos was the word suius meaning narrowing of the waters in the local Okanagan language ... |
DISCOVER PENTICTONPenticton is a city in the Okanagan Valley of the Southern Interior of British Columbia between Okanagan Lake and Skaha Lake. The name Penticton is derived from a word in the Okanagan language. It is conventionally translated by the city's tourism promoters as a place to stay forever but is actually a reference to the year-round flow of the Okanagan River ... |
SKAHA LAKESkaha Lake, historically known as Dog Lake and originally Lac Du Chien, is a freshwater lake located along the course of the Okanagan River in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, Canada. It has a surface area of approximately 20 kmē. The lake is situated directly south of Okanagan Lake and forms the southern shoreline and boundary of the city of Penticton ... |
DISCOVER WHISTLEROver two million people visit Whistler annually, primarily for alpine skiing and mountain biking at Whistler-Blackcomb. Its pedestrian village has won numerous design awards and Whistler has been voted among the top destinations in North America by major ski magazines since the mid-1990s. During the 2010 Winter Olympics, Whistler hosted many events ... |
YOHO NATIONAL PARKYoho National Park is located in the Canadian Rocky Mountains along the western slope of the Continental Divide in southeastern British Columbia. Yoho NP is bordered by Kootenay National Park on the southern side and Banff National Park on the eastern side. The name Yoho comes from a Cree word expressing amazement ... |
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