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| − | '''British Columbia''' is the western most province in [[Canada]]. It is bounded by the [[Pacific Ocean]] on the west and the US State of [[Alaska]] to the northwest. To the north it is bounded by the [[Yukon Territory]] and the [[Northwest Territories]], on the east by [[Alberta]], and on the south by the U.S. states of [[Washington]], [[Idaho]], and [[Montana]]. The capital of British Columbia is [[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]], and province's population is 4,338,106 in 2007 accounting for 13% of the national population<ref>http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/070628/d070628c.htm</ref>. The total area of British Columbia is 947,800 km<sub>2</sub> with 25,730 km of coast line. It was explored by the Spanish in 1774, Captain Cook explored in 1778, and Captain Vancouver was sent to survey the coast by the [[Royal Navy]] in 1792. '''British Columbia''' joined Confederation in 1871, based on a promise that a transcontinential railway would be completed in 10 years.<ref>''Reader's Digest Atlas of Canada,'' 1995 </ref> Since 2001, the premier of British Columbia is Gordon Campbell, the leader of the British Columbian Liberal Party, which is the conservative party in British Columbian politics.
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| − | The largest city in British Columbia is [[Vancouver]] with a population of approximately 600,000, with the greater Vancouver area accounting for approximately 2,000,000 people. British Columbia is also home to [[Gibsons]], setting of the long running Canadian television series [[The Beachcombers]].
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| − | ==Further reading==
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| − | * Francis, Daniel, ed. ''Encyclopedia of British Columbia.'' Madeira Park, B.C.: Harbour, 2000. 806 pp.
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| − | * [http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ ''The Dictionary of Canadian Biography''] (1966-2006), thousands of scholarly biographies of notables who died by 1930
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| − | * [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCESubjects&Params=A1 ''Canadian Encyclopedia'' (2008)] reliable detailed encyclopedia, on-line free
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| − | * Barman, Jean. ''The West Beyond the West: A History of British Columbia'' U. of Toronto Press, 1991. 430pp
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| − | * Johnston, Hugh, ed. ''The Pacific Province: A History of British Columbia.'' Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 1996. 352 pp.
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| − | * McGillivray, Brett. ''Geography of British Columbia: People and Landscapes in Transition.'' Vancouver: U. of British Columbia Press, 2000. 235pp
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| − | * Recksten, Terry. ''The Illustrated History of British Columbia.'' Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 2001. 280 pp.
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| − | * Woodcock, George. ''British Columbia: A History of the Province.'' Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 1990. 288 pp.
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| − | ===Specialized studies===
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| − | * Barman, Jean; Sutherland, Neil; and Wilson, J. Donald, eds. ''Children, Teachers and Schools in the History of British Columbia.'' Calgary, Alta.: Detselig, 1995. 426 pp.
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| − | * Battien, Pauline. ''The Gold Seekers: A Two Hundred-Year History of Mining in Washington, Idaho, Montana and Lower British Columbia.'' Fairfield, Wash.: Ye Galleon, 1989. 265 pp.
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| − | * BC Hydro Power Pioneers. ''Gaslights to Gigawatts: A Human History of BC Hydro and its Predecessor.'' Vancouver: Hurricane, 1998. 236 pp.
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| − | * Burkinshaw, Robert K. ''Pilgrims in Lotus Land: Conservative Protestantism in British Columbia, 1917-1981.'' Montreal: McGill-Queen's U. Press, 1995. 353 pp.
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| − | * Carlson, Roy L. and Bona, Luke Dalla, eds. ''Early Human Occupation in British Columbia.'' Vancouver: U. of British Columbia Press, 1996. 261 pp.
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| − | * Carty, R. K., ed. ''Politics, Policy, and Government in British Columbia.'' Vancouver: U. of British Columbia Press, 1996. 381 pp.
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| − | * Christophers, Brett. ''Positioning the Missionary: John Booth Good and the Confluence of Cultures in Nineteenth-Century British Columbia.'' Vancouver: U. of British Columbia Press, 1998. 200pp.
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| − | * Clayton, Daniel W. ''Islands of Truth: The Imperial Fashioning of Vancouver Island.'' U. of British Columbia Press, 2000. 330pp.
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| − | * Creese, Gillian and Strong-Boag, Veronica, eds. ''British Columbia Reconsidered: Essays on Women.'' Vancouver: Press Gang; U. of British Columbia, Center for Research in Women's Studies and Gender Relations, 1992. 454 pp.
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| − | * Davis, Chuck, ed. ''The Greater Vancouver Book: An Urban Encyclopedia.'' Vancouver: Linkman, 1997. 882 pp.
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| − | * Dunford, Muriel Poulton. ''North River: The Story of BC's North Thompson Valley and Yellowhead Highway 5.'' Merritt, B.C.: Sonotek, 2000. 384 pp.
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| − | * Drushka, Ken. ''Tie Hackers to Timber Harvesters: The History of Logging in the BC Interior.'' Madeira Park, B.C.: Harbour, 1998. 200 pp.
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| − | * Drushka, Ken. ''Working in the Woods: A History of Logging on the West Coast.'' Madeira Park, B.C.: Harbour, 1992. 304 pp.
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| − | * Fleming, Thomas, ed. ''School Leadership: Essays on the British Columbia Experience, 1872-1995.'' Mill Bay, BC: Bendall, 2001. 427 pp.
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| − | * Furniss, Elizabeth. ''The Burden of History: Colonialism and the Frontier Myth in a Rural Canadian Community.'' Vancouver: U. of British Columbia Press, 1999. 237 pp.
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| − | * Griffin, Harold. ''Radical Roots: The Shaping of British Columbia.'' Vancouver: Commonwealth Fund, 1999.
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| − | * Hak, Gordon. ''Turning Trees into Dollars: The British Columbia Coastal Lumber Industry, 1858-1913.'' U. of Toronto Press, 2000. 239 pp.
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| − | * Harris, Cole. ''The Resettlement of British Columbia: Essays on Colonialism and Geographical Change.'' Vancouver: U. of British Columbia Press, 1997. 314 pp.
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| − | * Hayes, Derek. ''Historical Atlas of British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest: Maps of Exploration.'' Vancouver: Cavendish, 1999. 208 pp.
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| − | * Kesselman, Amy. ''Fleeting Opportunities: Women Shipyard Workers in Portland and Vancouver during World War II and Reconversion.'' Albany: State U. of New York Press, 1990. 192 pp.
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| − | * Leonard, Frank. ''A Thousand Blunders: The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway and Northern British Columbia.'' Vancouver: U. of British Columbia Press, 1996. 344pp.
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| − | * Leonard, David W. ''Delayed Frontier: The Peace River Country to 1909.'' Calgary: Detselig, 1995. 256 pp.
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| − | * Loo, Tina. ''Making Law, Order, and Authority in British Columbia, 1821-1871.'' Toronto: U. of Toronto Press, 1994. 239 pp.
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| − | * McDowell, Jim. ''Hamatsa: The Enigma of Cannibalism on the Pacific Northwest Coast.'' Vancouver: Ronsdale, 1997. 297 pp.
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| − | * McIntosh, Dale. ''History of Music in British Columbia, 1850-1950.'' Victoria, B.C.: Sono Nis, 1989. 296 pp.
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| − | * Mackie, Richard Somerset. ''Trading Beyond the Mountains: The British Fur Trade on the Pacific, 1793-1843.'' Vancouver: U. of British Columbia Press, 1997. 420 pp.
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| − | * Mitchell, David J. ''Succession: The Political Reshaping of British Columbia.'' Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 1987. 201 pp.
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| − | * Muckle, Robert J. ''The First Nations of British Columbia.'' Vancouver: U. of British Columbia Press, 1998. 146pp.
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| − | * Norris, John. ''Strangers Entertained: A History of Ethnic Groups in British Columbia.'' Vancouver: Evergreen Press, 1971. 254 pp.
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| − | * Perry, Adele. ''On the Edge of Empire: Gender, Race, and the Making of British Columbia, 1849-1871.'' U. of Toronto Press, 2001. 360 pp.
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| − | * Resnick, Philip. ''The Politics of Resentment: British Columbia Regionalism and Canadian Unity.'' U. of British Columbia Press, 2000. 172pp
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| − | * Roy, Patricia E. ''A White Man's Province: British Columbia Politicians and Chinese and Japanese Immigrants, 1858-1914.'' U. of British Columbia Press, 1989. 327pp.
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| − | * Roy, Patricia; Granatstein, J. L.; Iino, Masaka; and Takamura, Hiroko. ''Mutual Hostages: Canadian and Japanese during the Second World War.'' U. of Toronto Press, 1990. 282 pp.
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| − | * Sandwell, R. W., ed. ''Beyond the City Limits: Rural History in British Columbia.'' U. of British Columbia Pess., 1999. 293pp.
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| − | * Sterne, Netta. ''Fraser Gold, 1858! The Founding of British Columbia.'' : Washington State U. Press, 1998. 187 pp.
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| − | * Verchere, David R. ''A Progression of Judges: A History of the Supreme Court of British Columbia.'' U. of British Columbia Press, 1988. 196pp.
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| − | * Wynn, Graeme and Oke, Timothy, eds. ''Vancouver and Its Region.'' Vancouver: U. of British Columbia Press, 1992. 333pp.
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| − | * [http://www.hellobc.com/en-CA/default.htm BC Tourism]
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| − | * [http://www.gibsons.ca/ Town of Gibsons]
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| − | * [http://www.thebeachcombers.ca/intro.htm The New Beachcombers]
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