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320 British Columbia Trivia Questions, Answers, and Fun Facts

How much do you know about British Columbia? This category is for trivia questions and answers related to British Columbia (Geography). Each one is filled with fun facts and interesting information.
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1 What city has the world's largest hockey stick?
Answer: Duncan

Duncan (population approximately 5,500) acquired the hockey stick from the 1986 exposition in Vancouver. It is 205 feet long and weighs 61,000 lbs!
  From Quiz: Vancouver Island
2 British Columbia draws many visitors to its natural attractions. Which common natural attraction includes Harrison, Radium, and Fairmont?
Answer: Hot Springs

Hot springs are often found together with geysers. These features cause jets of hot water from underground.
    Your options: [ Caves ] [ Fjords ] [ Volcanoes ] [ Hot Springs ]
  From Quiz: British Columbia - Tricky Tourism
3 The main highway to go north to Alaska and into the Yukon and Northwest Territories is the Alaska Highway. When was the Alaska Highway built?
Answer: 1942

The Alaska Highway was built in 1942, as a military access road. The Alaska Highway starts in Dawson Creek, BC. Dawson Creek is nicknamed the Mile "0" city. The Highway ends at Fairbanks, Alaska.
  From Quiz: Peace River District of British Columbia
4 Shuswap is considered the __________ capital of Canada.
Answer: houseboating

Shuswap lake is known as the largest houseboating area in the world, where numerous visitors enjoy leisurely cruises in a brilliant setting of gently sloping mountains and clean water.
    Your options: [ houseboating ] [ waterskiing ] [ jet skiing ] [ tubing ]
  From Quiz: Welcome to the Sunny Shuswap
5 What Vancouver building was voted "Best new skyscraper of the year 2001 for design and functionality" by Skyscrapers.com?
Answer: One Wall Centre

Beating out 96 other nominees, One Wall Centre was given the title by the website (described as "the world's largest architectural database.")
  From Quiz: Vancouver-Lower Mainland Architecture
6 What is the largest city in British Columbia?
Answer: Vancouver

Vancouver is the manufacturing and recreational hub of the province. You can shop in the morning, ski in the afternoon, enjoy a gourmet dinner in the evening and later attend a play or concert. We work and we play a lot!
  From Quiz: British Columbia, Canada
7 The Lower Mainland has an extensive transit network. In what year was the network voted "Transit System of the Year"?
Answer: 1996

Since then the transit system has suffered setbacks, including a three month long strike in the summer of 2001 and a large delay in the building of a new branch of Skytrain.
  From Quiz: Secrets of BC- The Lower Mainland
8 What is the capital of BC?
Answer: Victoria

Victoria is on the south tip of Vancouver Island.
  From Quiz: Where In The World Is British Columbia?
9 In what province is Vancouver located?
Answer: B.C.

B.C. (British Columbia) is the most western of all the provinces in Canada.
  From Quiz: Know Vancouver?
10 Along which major downtown Vancouver route is General Motors Place located?
Answer: Georgia Viaduct

GM place is right across the street from BC place (a large football stadium)
    Your options: [ Pacific Boulevard ] [ Georgia Viaduct ] [ Cambie Street Bridge ] [ Burrard Bridge ]
  From Quiz: Vancouver Highway Routes
11 Which BC city is regarded as Canada's smallest?
Answer: Greenwood

With a population of 784 and located on Boundary Creek just west of Grand Forks, Greenwood was incorporated as a city in 1897. It once had 3,000 souls.
    Your options: [ Revelstoke ] [ White Rock ] [ Port Hardy ] [ Greenwood ]
  From Quiz: Encyclopedia of BC
12 What is another name for the IronWorker's Memorial Bridge?
Answer: Second Narrows

This bridge carries Highway One from Vancouver over to the North Shore. Several workers were killed when the bridge collapsed during construction, hence its official name.
  From Quiz: British Columbia Lower Mainland Bridges
13 What CPR rail station is between Golden and Rogers Pass?
Answer: Donald Station

Donald Station has a very beautiful billboard sign along the Trans-Canada Highway welcoming you to its village of 20 inhabitants.
  From Quiz: Gotta Love British Columbia!
14 British Columbia (BC) is?
Answer: Canada's westernmost province

Beautiful beaches and excellent ocean fishing.
  From Quiz: British Columbia
15 Cruise ships going from Vancouver to Alaska sail north along this body of water.
Answer: Inside Passage

The Inside Passages lies between Vancouver Island and the mainland.
    Your options: [ Eastern Pacific ] [ Northwest Strait ] [ Puget Sound ] [ Inside Passage ]
  From Quiz: More B.C. Canada
16 The 22-hectare (55-acre) site that houses the spectacular Butchart Gardens was formerly a quarry of what?
Answer: Limestone

These are breathtaking gardens, well worth the visit if you are in the vicinity. They are created around a series of 'rooms' (Japanese, Mediterranean, Italian, and roses - more than 580 varieties - along with several other styles) and the Ross Fountain is a focal point that should not be missed.

The limestone quarry, from which the gardens were created as the brainchild of Jennie Butchart, supplied the Canadian Pacific Railway with some of the raw materials when it was decided to replace their aging wooden bridges with something more durable. Jennie and her husband Robert gradually created the gardens, even sacrificing the tennis courts to the project. After their deaths the gardens fell into disrepair, but their grandson, Ian Ross, took up the challenge and repaired and developed them. It is after Ian that the fountain was named. The garden is still in the hands of the Butchart family.

This question was lovingly planted, tended and watered until it blossomed in the mind of Phoenix Rising member VegemiteKid.
  From Quiz: Vancouver Island - On the Edge of the Pacific Rim
17 What is the name of the mountain highway pass between Mill Bay and Victoria?
Answer: Malahat Highway

The Malahat Highway crosses the mountain to Victoria. It take approximately 30 minutes to complete and travel through Goldstream Provincial Park.
  From Quiz: Vancouver Island
18 Fruit is a well known export from the Okanagan Valley. What new export has become important in the 21st century?
Answer: Wine

Okanagan Wines won several awards in wine competitions in Europe in the late 2000's. Oliver, a small town in the South Okanagan is known as the Wine capital of Canada.
  From Quiz: The Okanagan Valley
19 The Northern Rockies Region is approximately how big?
Answer: 86,000 square kilometers

The Northern Rockies Region is located in the extreme northeast of British Columbia. It represents approximately 10% of the province's land mass and extends from just south of Prophet River to the borders of the Yukon and Northwest Territories.
  From Quiz: Northern Rockies Region
20 When you go to the Peace River District, you need to visit Hudson's Hope. Hudson's Hope is the home of the W.A.C. Bennett Dam. The dam was named after William Andrew Cecil Bennett. What was his primary job?
Answer: Premier of British Columbia

W.A.C. Bennett was the Premier of British Columbia from 1952 to 1972. He ran under the Social-Credit Party. The W.A.C. Bennett dam is one of the world's largest earthfill structures, stretching two kilometers across the head of the canyon and measuring 183 meters in height. Behind the dam is British Columbia's largest reservoir, Williston Lake, which covers an area of 166,000 hectares (410,000 acres).
  From Quiz: Peace River District of British Columbia
21 What international competition is held in Vancouver during the summer months that consistently draws in crowds in the hundreds of thousands?
Answer: The Celebration of Light

Formerly known as the Symphony of Fire, The Celebration of Light is an international pyrotechnics (or fire works) competition held just off of English Bay in Vancouver. Every year hundreds of thousands of people crowd the beaches to witness the spectacle.
  From Quiz: Secrets of BC- The Lower Mainland
22 What is the largest city (population wise) in BC?
Answer: Vancouver

Vancouver and its many suburbs make Canada's third largest urban center
  From Quiz: Where In The World Is British Columbia?
23 What is the official hockey team located in Vancouver?
Answer: Canucks

Vancouver has been to the Stanley Cup Finals in 1982, 1994 and 2011. They are yet to win the Stanley Cup.
  From Quiz: Know Vancouver?
24 Which street is Science World located on?
Answer: Quebec Street

The Sky Train also runs right along Quebec Street.
    Your options: [ Hastings Street ] [ Quebec Street ] [ Seymour Street ] [ Pender Street ]
  From Quiz: Vancouver Highway Routes
25 Cape St. James is associated with what BC geographical feature?
Answer: Queen Charlotte Islands

Cape St. James is located at the south end of the Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii), and boasts one of the last lighthouses on the west coast.
  From Quiz: Encyclopedia of BC
26 What bridge runs from North Delta to Annacis Island?
Answer: Alex Fraser

The Alex Fraser bridge is the newest bridge in the Lower Mainland and one of the largest suspension bridges in the world!
  From Quiz: British Columbia Lower Mainland Bridges
27 What is the capital of B.C.?
Answer: Victoria

Victoria is situated on the southern tip of Vancouver Island. The Juan de Fuca strait separates it from Washington's Olympic Peninsula.
  From Quiz: Geographically Speaking - British Columbia
28 BC has what for most of its eastern border?
Answer: The Rocky Mountains

The Rocky Mountains run through the south-east corner of BC, and north into Alberta.
  From Quiz: British Columbia
29 What are the world famous gardens found on Vancouver Island?
Answer: Butchart Gardens

Butchart Gardens developed around an old quarry, as did Queen Elizabeth Park in Vancouver. There are now around fifty acres of beautiful gardens.
  From Quiz: More B.C. Canada
30 When considering the three regions that make up the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, on which coast of Vancouver Island can it be found?
Answer: West

The three regions of the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve are Long Beach, the Broken Group Islands, and the West Coast Trail. It is a 511 sq km (197 sq mi) park that runs along the western coast of Vancouver Island. The area is covered with a temperate rainforest that features a wide variety of flora and fauna. Humpback whales are found off the coast and Vancouver Island wolves are found on land. Long Beach is known for surfing and windsurfing, the Broken Group for sea-kayaking, and West Coast Trail for hiking.

This question was entered into the quiz by Phoenix Rising member tazman6619 while he huddled under his umbrella on the West Coast Trail.
    Your options: [ West ] [ North ] [ East ] [ South ]
  From Quiz: Vancouver Island - On the Edge of the Pacific Rim
31 Where is Mile 0 of the Trans Canada Highway located?
Answer: Victoria

Mile 0 is Located in Beacon Hill Provincial Park, in Victoria, at the very southern tip of Vancouver Island. Vancouver Island is 460 km long and 80 km wide.
  From Quiz: Vancouver Island
32 Okanagan Lake is the largest lake in the Okanagan. What is the next largest lake in the Okanagan?
Answer: Kalamalka

Kalamalka means "Lake of many colors" in native Indian languages.
    Your options: [ Skaha ] [ Kalamalka ] [ Wood ] [ Duck ]
  From Quiz: The Okanagan Valley
33 Incinerate an Insect
Answer: Burnaby

Burnaby has a central location in the Vancouver lower mainland, which has been made accessible by an excellent public transportation system including Sky Train, the world's longest, automated, light-rapid transit system. Burnaby is now the third largest city in BC.
  From Quiz: British Columbia Place Names
34 A ferry able to hold 400 passengers links Vancouver and North Vancouver across Burrard Inlet, what is it called?
Answer: SeaBus

This great ferry service operates throughout the day, and offers a great view of the inlet, as well as Stanley Park and Lions Gate Bridge.
  From Quiz: British Columbia - Tricky Tourism
35 The town of Fort Nelson is named after whom?
Answer: Lord Horatio Nelson

The North West Fur Trading Co. first established Fort Nelson in 1805 and named it for Lord Horatio Nelson. Fort Nelson is presently located on its fifth site.
  From Quiz: Northern Rockies Region
36 A.S.H. has an update for you, Agent Prime. You're after Khan Mann, an infamous spy obsessed with the Orient. He is reported to be heading toward this western province with one of the highest Asian populations in Canada.
Answer: British Columbia

British Columbia's Asian population is second only to Ontario. The province is noted for its extensive fishing and logging industries.
    Your options: [ Alberta ] [ Saskatchewan ] [ Yukon ] [ British Columbia ]
  From Quiz: Spy Hunter: Mission Prime
37 After visiting Hudson's Hope you should visit Chetwynd. Chetwynd has sculptures around town. Why are they unique?
Answer: They are chainsaw sculptures.

There are chainsaw sculptures around town. It is a reminder that the largest employers in the town being saw and pulp mills. Chetwynd was first named Little Prairie and later changed to Chetwynd, after one of the early settlers Ralph Chetwynd.
  From Quiz: Peace River District of British Columbia
38 The river that connects the big Shuswap Lake to the little lake is known by this name?
Answer: Little River

The Little River, which is just past the mouth of the Adams River, is so narrow and shallow that it is not navigable by boats with outboard motors during certain times of the year.
  From Quiz: Welcome to the Sunny Shuswap
39 What is the main reason that there are no substantially tall buildings in Vancouver?
Answer: Laws were created to protect the view of the mountains

Several "view cones" were established in Vancouver to protect the view of the mountains from key locations in the city such as city hall or Queen Elizabeth Park. True, Vancouver does lie near some major faults, but Cities such as LA and Seattle (both of which have very significantly tall buildings) are in the same danger as Vancouver.
  From Quiz: Vancouver-Lower Mainland Architecture
40 What was the most important industry during the 20th century to the economic development in British Columbia?
Answer: lumber

Although lumbering is the most important, tourism was also important. Much of the farmland in the Fraser Valley and the Okanagan has been paved over.
  From Quiz: British Columbia, Canada
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