1. British Columbia

2. Flower: Pacific Dogwood
Tree: Western
Red Cedar
Animal: Kermode (“Spirit”) Bear
Bird: Stellar’s Jay

3. History: Originally claimed by Spain, Britain, America, and Russia
History: Originally claimed by Spain, Britain, America, and Russia. A fur trading area, it joined Canada in 1871 when the trans-Canada railroad was extended west to Vancouver.
Capital: Victoria
Geography: Mountains, fjords,
archipelagos
Climate: Marine West Coast, mountains, subarctic.
Similar to Washington
Language: 70% English, 9% Chinese, 4% Punjabi

4. Economy: logging/forestry, fishing (especially salmon), TV/movie filming

5. Food
BC Roll
Dungeness Crab
Nanaimo Bar
Pacific Salmon

6. Miscellaneous: Almost 15% of British Columbia is protected Provincial or National Park land.

7. Nootka Sound

8. Whistler

9. Kamloops

10. Butchart Gardens

11. Butchart Gardens

13. Vancouver

15. Skeena River

16. Yoho National Park

17. Totems

18. Vancouver

19. Victoria

20. Point Atkinson Lightouse

21. Upper Arrow Lake