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- Flag
![[Flag of British Columbia]](images/bc.gif)
- Capital
- Victoria
- Other major cities
- Vancouver, Chilliwack, Prince George
- Population (1995)
- 4,196,400
- Premier
- Gordon Campbell (Liberal Party)
British Columbia is separated from Alberta by the Great
Divide, the geographical boundary that determines whether running water
flows east to Hudson's Bay or west to the Pacific. BC is similar to
Northern California, Oregon, and Washington State, in that it has
mountains, a border on the Pacific Ocean, and a temperate climate. BC
has some of the last intact rainforest in the world. The demographics
have changed rather dramatically over the last decade or so as thousands
of Asian immigrants (especially people from Hong Kong) have arrived.
- More information:
--Emily
Way (emily_@_americansguide.ca)
Last updated September
13, 2005
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