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Putting British Columbia P e l l y M o u n t a i n s Fort Simpson
on the Map Nahanni Fort
Butte Providence
British Columbia, Canada’s westernmost province, and Y UKON
the country’s gateway to the Asia-Pacific region, is
home to over 4.6 million people. Traditionally strong R NOR THWEST
industries such as forestry, mining, and fishing remain Liard TERRITORIES
vital to the province’s economy, though recent years
have seen a boom in the high-tech, film, and eco- o
tourism areas. Hydroelectricity and natural gas Bistcho
are other important resources. The beauty of Atlin c Kechika Lake
Lake
the British Columbian wilderness – from the C Liard
a Fort Nelson
rugged coastline to the commanding s Hay
mountain ranges – is preserved in the Juneau k Peace Lake Claire
province’s 830 parks and protected areas.
Fontas Athabasca
Stikine y A LBERTA

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s i a r M o u n t a i n s
COLUMBIA C A N A D A
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Fort
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St. John
ALASKA s Peace P G Utikuma
Lake
(USA) o r
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Lake Dawson e Lake
Takla Creek Grande a
Lake a
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OCEAN Terrace Lake n s
Prince Rupert a Stuart Fort
Skeena Lake Stuart t Saskatchewan
0 kilometers 150 St. Albert
Kitimat n
0 miles 100 Ootsa Lake Prince Edmonton
George a Tofield
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Eutsuk Lake
Wetaskiwin
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Haida Gwaii e o
(Queen l u
Greater Vancouver 0 km 15 Charlotte m n Red Deer
Islands)
F r a s e r b Kinbasket
0 miles 10 Lake
Williams i s
North BRITISH Lake a
Vancouver COLUMBIA
Burnaby Port Moody P l a t e a u M Airdrie
Vancouver o
Port Coquitlam Fraser Calgary
Richmond u n
Surrey
t
Key Kamloops
Langley Mission a
Freeway Vernon Okanagan i
White Vancouver n
Rock Major highway Island Campbell Powell Whistler Kelowna Lake
Abbotsford River River s Nelson
Major road Squamish Cranbrook
Lynden Courtenay Penticton
Railway Vancouver
WASHINGTON Port Alberni Richmond
State border Chilliwack
See map left Abbotsford
International border
Urban area Victoria U.S.A.
Esquimalt WASHINGTON
For keys to symbols see back flap IDAHO MONTANA
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Eyewitness Travel LAYERS PRINTED:
Orientations template “UK” LAYER
(Source v1.3)
Date 6th November 2012
Size 125mm x 217mm