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Exploring British Columbia

The exceptional beauty of British Columbia’s coast, mountain ranges,
forests, and lakes makes it a much-visited province. A wide variety of
landscapes are to be found, from the northern Rockies with their bare peaks
to the southern Okanagan Valley with its orchards and vineyards. To the
west, Vancouver Island offers ancient rainforests and the impressive coastal
scenery of the Pacific Rim National Park. Lying between the Pacific Ocean
and the Coast Mountains, Vancouver is a stunningly attractive city, with
good transportation links. The
province’s temperate climate
means that BC has more species
of plants and animals than Atlin Simpson Peak Liard
anywhere else in the country. Atlin 2173 m Coal River
Millions of visitors come here every year, Lake Good Hope Cassiar Mountains MUNCHO LAKE
Lake
PROVINCIAL PARK
drawn by a range of outdoor activities.
FORT NELSON
Meszah Peak
C
2164 m
o Mount Roosevelt
Dease Lake
a 2972 m
s Glenora Prophet River
t
Mount Lloyd George
Mount Edziza 2970 m
2787 m
Mount Ratz
Sights at a Glance 3136 m M
1 Victoria pp250–57 g Muncho Lake Provincial Park o Sikanni Chief
u
2 Butchart Gardens h The Hazeltons Stikine n Skeena Moun tains ALASKA HIGHWAY
3 Cowichan Region j Smithers t a
4 Chemainus k Prince Rupert i FORT
5 Nanaimo l Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte n Meziadin Hudson's Hope ST. JOHN
s
6 Gulf Islands Islands) pp276–7 Junction O m i n e c a M o u n t a i n s DAWSON
Williston
8 Whistler pp260–61 Lake Chetwynd Tupper CREEK
9 Kamloops Cruise and Tours Takla
THE
0 Kelowna 7 Pacific Rim National Park Reserve HAZELTONS Lake Mackenzie Tumbler Ridge
q Summerland of Canada pp258–9 CRUISE TO BRITISH COLUMBIA
e The Kootenays pp264–7 w Okanagan Valley Tour ALASKA SMITHERS
r Fort Steele Heritage Town z Cruise to Alaska pp276–9 Skeena Babine Fort St. James
Lake
t The Purcell Mountains Masset PRINCE Fraser Lake Mount Sir Alexander
3274 m
y Radium Hot Springs Graham RUPERT Kitimat Fraser
u Kootenay National Park Island PRINCE GEORGE McBride
i Glacier National Park Skidegate Eutsuk Mount Robson
3954 m
Lake
o Yoho National Park pp270–71 HAIDA GWAII Princess Nazko Valemount
Royal
p Wells Gray Provincial Park Moresby Island Anahim Columbia Mountains
Island
a Prince George Lake Fraser WELLS GRAY Mount Columbia
3741 m
s Dawson Creek Bella Bella Plateau PROVINCIAL PARK Mica YOHO
d Fort St. John Monarch Mountain Williams Clearwater Creek NATIONAL PARK
Lake
f Fort Nelson Queen 3533 m
Charlotte Mount Waddington GLACIER KOOTENAY
Sound 4016 m Fraser NATIONAL PARK NATIONAL PARK
Clinton
Revelstoke RADIUM HOT SPRINGS
Port Hardy Lillooet KAMLOOPS Invermere
Coast Mountains
PURCELL MOUNTAINS
Campbell OKANAGAN
River WHISTLER VALLEY KELOWNA FORT STEELE
HERITAGE TOWN
Vancouver Powell SUMMERLAND Nelson Cranbrook Fernie
River
Island Castlegar
Vancouver Hope THE KOOTENAYS
NANAIMO Abbotsford
Tofino GULF ISLANDS Osoyoos
0 km 100 PACIFIC RIM CHEMAINUS
0 miles 100 NPR COWICHAN
BUTCHART VICTORIA REGION
GARDENS
Fountain at Butchart Gardens, Vancouver Island, British Columbia
For hotels and restaurants see pp290–91 and pp304–5
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