Welcome to B.C. Website 
Welcome to B.C. Website 
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Flag Description:
The shield of the province of British Columbia was originally granted by King Edward VII on 31 March, 1906;the remaining elements of the Coat of Arms were subsequently granted by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on October 15, 1987.
The Union Jack on the shield symbolizes our colonial origins. Our geographic location between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains is represented by the wavy blue and silver bars and the setting sun.
The supporters, the stag and the ram, represent the former colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia.
The Royal Crest (the crowned lion standing on the crown), wears a collar of dogwood flowers, and sits atop the golden helmet of sovereignty. Traditional heraldic elements of a wreath and mantling are in Canada's colours.
Our provincial flower, the pacific dogwood, appears a second time entwining the motto which translates as Splendour without diminishment.
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Introduction:
British
Columbia is a beautiful province. The abbreviation of British Columbia is B.C. The population of B.C. is approximately 3.8 million. B.C. locates on the southwest of Canada and it is the third largest province in Canada. On July 20,1871, B.C. became the 6th province of Canada. B.C. has 77% of urban area and 23% of rural area. (Our provincial tree is Western Red Cedar) Fishery of B.C. is the maximum output value in Canada. Trees from B.C. provide about 2/3 of Canada's lumber. B.C.'s capital city is Victoria. We are living in this province, we
should know about British Columbia better than the other
province. Now, we are going to introduce you more about British
Columbia !! Let's go-----! : )
History:
Twenty thousand years ago, the first visitors of Canada were the nomads from Asia,
who are called Indian now. About 4000~5000 years ago, another colony
crossed the Bering Sea and came to Yukon Territory. They survived in the
very bad environment, therefore the modern people called them the Eskimo
or the Inuit.
Many years passed, the people around the world heard some legends that
there were lots of gold in British Columbia. They started coming
to British Columbia for the treasures.
Nearly half of the people in British Columbia were born in the other countries
and lots of immigrants came to Canada which caused the multi-cultures in
British Columbia. These people had different cultures and different
living styles. They used their varied technique to discover the resources
of British Columbia.
There was a person called Simon Fraser (1776-1862, Scottish), he decided
to put his whole life on exploring the resources in British Columbia.
He discovered two main rivers to transport the fur. The river Simon
Fraser was named after him.
In 19 century, the fur trades were the biggest business in British Columbia.
(Timber trades and mineral trades were also the main business.) Most
of the fur trades were operated by Americans. They could not get
along with "English" Canadians. So the finance in British Columbia
separated into two parts by 49 N. In 1843, James Douglas built a
post named Fort Victoria, which became a very important colonial toehold
for Britain. He governed both Vancouver Island and mainland British
Columbia. In 1849, Vancouver Island became a Crown colony.
In 1858, when gold was discovered on the Fraser River, a second Crown
colony was formed on the mainland called "British Columbia."
In 1866, the two colonies were become one, under the name
British Columbia. Douglas was as "the Father of British Columbia."
England had a mind to let British Columbia be a single colony, but the
colonists had realized that if they wanted to increase economy, they had
to get helps from the external world. The colony had intended to
join America for several times. Finally they changed their mind because
the Canada government had decided to build a Canada-Pacific-Railroad to connect Vancouver and the other places around Canada. In 1871, British Columbia has been become a province of Canada.