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Quiz about Encyclopedia of BC
Quiz about Encyclopedia of BC

Encyclopedia of BC Trivia Quiz

You're going to have to be good to get this quiz on BC. It is culled from the ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BC, Daniel Francis, editor.

A multiple-choice quiz by crusher28. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
crusher28
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
26,200
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
20
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
9 / 20
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1. Which BC city is regarded as Canada's smallest? Hint


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2. Cape St. James is associated with what BC geographical feature? Hint


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3. Where is Likely near? Hint


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4. What BC geographical feature is most directly responsible for the heavy rainfall? Hint


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5. Which two terminals did the Black Ball line first connect in 1951? Hint


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6. Which river valley is the traditional land of the Nisga'a? Hint


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7. Della Falls, which may be the highest waterfall in Canada, (depending on how you measure) is located where? Hint


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8. True or False: Lost Lagoon in Stanley Park, Vancouver, is a freshwater lake.


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9. Which of these BC towns did not serve as internment sites for Canadians of Japanese descent during World War II? Hint


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10. What hamlet lies directly east across Okanagan Lake from Summerland, B.C.? Hint


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11. What major BC community is located on Kaien Island? Hint


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12. Which of the following is closest to Youbou? Hint


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13. How many BC Ferries do you take to make a return trip from Comox to Vancouver and back to Comox, going through Powell River one way and returning through Nanaimo? Hint


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14. Where was the world's largest chopstick factory until 1997? Hint


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15. What hamlet represents the practical limits of navigation on the Fraser River? Hint


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16. Where is 100 Mile House one hundred miles from? Hint


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17. Which of the following is not an historic 'fort' in BC? Hint


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Question 18 of 20
18. What was the name of British Columbia before it was British Columbia? Hint


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Question 19 of 20
19. Annacis Island on the Fraser River is part of which Lower Mainland municipality or city? Hint


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Question 20 of 20
20. The Mica Dam dams which river? Hint



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1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Where is Likely near?

Answer: Williams Lake

 Likley is 94 kms east of Williams Lake.
4. What BC geographical feature is most directly responsible for the heavy rainfall?

Answer: Coast Mountains

 The Coast Mountains are about 300 kms wide and force the wet Pacific Ocean air upwards forming what David Duchovny can't stand. By the way, neither can Jack Nicholson.
5. Which two terminals did the Black Ball line first connect in 1951?

Answer: Horseshoe Bay-Nanaimo

 When the Washington State ferry service was taken over by the state, the Black Ball ferry company was formed to continue the service between Horseshoe Bay and Nanaimo. Even though it was eventually nationalized into the BC Ferry Corp., a remnant of the line still connects downtown Victoria with Port Angeles, Washington.
6. Which river valley is the traditional land of the Nisga'a?

Answer: Nass River

 The Nass River is 340 km long and flows into Portland inlet, 80 km north of Prince Rupert.
7. Della Falls, which may be the highest waterfall in Canada, (depending on how you measure) is located where?

Answer: Vancouver Island

 Della Falls is on Vancouver Island in Strathcona Provincial Park and drops 440 meters to Drinkwater Creek. It's the tenth highest waterfall in the world and can be reached on foot from Port Alberni.
8. True or False: Lost Lagoon in Stanley Park, Vancouver, is a freshwater lake.

Answer: True

Originally part of salt water at Coal Harbour, it was created in 1916 with the construction of a causeway into Stanley Park for the city. In 1929 it was stocked with trout and other fish.
9. Which of these BC towns did not serve as internment sites for Canadians of Japanese descent during World War II?

Answer: Masset

 Whether naturalized citizens or Canadian-born, Canadians of Japanese descent were forcibly relocated into BC's interior and their property confiscated during WWII. Masset is on the Queen Charlotte Islands.
10. What hamlet lies directly east across Okanagan Lake from Summerland, B.C.?

Answer: Naramata

 The movie 'My American Cousin' was filmed in Naramata, which is also across the lake from Summerland.
11. What major BC community is located on Kaien Island?

Answer: Prince Rupert

 Prince Rupert is Canada's cloudiest city with an average of 6,123 hours of overcast annually.
12. Which of the following is closest to Youbou?

Answer: Duncan

 Youbou is on Cowichan Lake 45 km west of Duncan on Vancouver Island.
13. How many BC Ferries do you take to make a return trip from Comox to Vancouver and back to Comox, going through Powell River one way and returning through Nanaimo?

Answer: 4

 There's the Comox to Powell River run, the run from Powell River to the Sunshine Coast, then from the Sunshine Coast to Horseshoe Bay, then the Horseshoe Bay to Nanaimo run.
14. Where was the world's largest chopstick factory until 1997?

Answer: Fort Nelson

 Yes, until 1997 Fort Nelson had this unique distinction. Fort Nelson is located 483 km north of Dawson Creek on the Alaska Highway.
15. What hamlet represents the practical limits of navigation on the Fraser River?

Answer: Yale

 Yale was the start of the Cariboo Wagon Road as it was as far as river steamboats could ply.
16. Where is 100 Mile House one hundred miles from?

Answer: Lillooet

 Even though the Cariboo Wagon Road began at Yale, Mile 0 was considered to be at Lillooet because this was where the Douglas Trail along Harrison Lake joined with the other road. 100 Mile House is on the site of a wagon house built in 1961 to accommodate travellers.
17. Which of the following is not an historic 'fort' in BC?

Answer: Fort Vancouver

 Fort Victoria was built in 1843 at the present site of Victoria, Fort Langley is on the Fraser River within the Township of Langley, and Fort Rupert is near Port Hardy at the north end of Vancouver Island.
18. What was the name of British Columbia before it was British Columbia?

Answer: New Caledonia

 Queen Victoria herself tacked the 'British' onto 'Columbia' to distinguish it both from the South American country of the same name and from the USA which is referred to as 'Columbia' in poetry. But the name of the place to fur traders, up until the new colony was created (19 Nov 1858), was New Caledonia.

When the colony of Vancouver Island merged with B.C. in 1866, the latter name was kept.
19. Annacis Island on the Fraser River is part of which Lower Mainland municipality or city?

Answer: Delta

 Near the east end of Lulu Island (Richmond) and a stone's throw from New Westminster, the island is part of Delta even though the widest part of the Fraser at that point separates it from the main part of the municipality.
20. The Mica Dam dams which river?

Answer: Columbia

 Built in the 1970s and containing Kinbasket Lake, the Mica Dam dams the Columbia River near Golden.
Source: Author crusher28

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