History
This explorer gave his name to the island, city, and sound on the west coast of British Columbia after arriving in the region in 1778.
Captian George Vancouver
This is the largest land animal found in British Columbia, with males weighing up to 2,000 lbs and standing over 6 feet tall.
What is the Wood Bison?
This artist, born in Victoria, BC, whose lifelong inspiration was the coastal environment of British Columbia, once said, "Art is art, nature is nature, you cannot improve upon it..."
Who was Emily Carr?
This is the largest city in British Columbia.
What is Vancouver?
This famous Vancouver landmark, completed in 1938, is one of the world’s longest suspension bridges and is named after the canyon it crosses.
What is the Capilano Suspension Bridge?
July 20, 1871 is a significant date for British Columbia for this reason.
When did British Columbia become the 6th province of Canada?
Located on Vancouver Island, this ancient tree species can live for over 1,000 years and includes some of the tallest trees in Canada.
What is the western red cedar?
This Indigenous master carver, born in Victoria, BC, popularized Indigenous art. One version of his canoe sculpture, The Spirit of Haida Gwaii, is located at YVR and another is at the Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C.
Who was Bill Reid (1920–1998)?
This mountain is the highest peak in British Columbia, rising to approximately 4,019 metres in the Saint Elias Mountains.
What is Mount Fairweather?
This small town on Vancouver Island is known as the “Mural Capital of Canada” because of its many historic wall paintings.
What is Chemainus?
This railway, completed in 1885, connected British Columbia with the rest of Canada and was a key condition of the province joining Confederation.
What is the Canadian Pacific Railway?
This provincial park on Vancouver Island contains Canada’s tallest waterfall by total height.
What is Strathcona Provincial Park?
(The waterfall is Della Falls.)
This Canadian politician of the Liberal Party, born in Burnaby, BC, served as the 35th premier of British Columbia from 2011 to 2017. She was the second woman to be premier of BC.
Who is Christy Clark?
This city in British Columbia’s Interior is famous for its wineries, orchards, and location at the north end of Okanagan Lake.
What is Kelowna?
In 2006, this sweet treat was declared Canada’s favourite confection by a reader’s poll in the National Post.
What is the Nanaimo Bar? The first version of the Nanaimo bar as we know it today appeared in the Women’s Auxiliary to the Nanaimo Hospital Cookbook, published in 1952. And, the earliest recorded instance of the name “Nanaimo Bar” was in a 1953 Edith Adams article in the Vancouver Sun, which also referred to the square as a “London Fog Bar.”
This massive migration of roughly 100,000 people to BC between 1896 and 1899 led to the creation of the Yukon Territory.
What was the Klondike Gold Rush?
This is the official provincial mammal of British Columbia.
What is the Spirit Bear (also known as the Kermode Bear)?
This actor attended Burnaby Central Secondary School where his drama teacher encouraged him to audition for local television. Two famous characters he has played were Alex P. Keaton and Marty McFly.
Who is Michael J. Fox?
This narrow body of water separates Vancouver Island from the mainland and is named after an early British explorer.
What is the Strait of Georgia?
This Vancouver Island city is famous for having the world’s largest hockey stick and puck, built for Expo 86.
What is Duncan?
During the Second World War, this Japanese Canadian internment site in British Columbia, also known as “The Orchard,” was one of several locations where families were forcibly relocated.
What is the New Denver Internment Camp?
This is both the official flower and tree of British Columbia.
What is the Pacific Dogwood?
Born in Vancouver, this novelist wrote Obasan, a landmark Canadian novel about the experiences of Japanese Canadians during World War II.
Who is Joy Kogawa?
This geographic region of northeastern British Columbia touches the Yukon, Northwest Territories, the Rocky Mountains, and Alberta. It is known for vast forests, oil and gas resources, and the city of Fort St. John.
What is the Peace River region?
Legendary Vancouver sushi chef, Hidekazu Tojo, is widely credited with having invented this sushi dish around 1974.
What is the "California Roll"? The rice is on the outside to hide the seaweed from guests wary of it. Tojo gave it this name because it was such a hit with visitors to his Vancouver restaurant from Los Angeles.