Encyclopedia of BC

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1. Which BC city is regarded as Canada's smallest? Revelstoke White Rock Port Hardy Greenwood

2. Cape St. James is associated with what BC geographical feature? Sunshine Coast Alberni Canal Queen Charlotte Islands Portland Canal

3. Where is Likely near? Williams Lake Prince George Quesnel Kamloops

4. What BC geographical feature is most directly responsible for the heavy rainfall? Pacific Ocean The Selkirk Mountains Vancouver Island Coast Mountains

5. Which two terminals did the Black Ball line first connect in 1951? Horseshoe Bay-Nanaimo Vancouver-Victoria Tsawwassen-Swartz Bay Vancouver-Nanaimo

6. Which river valley is the traditional land of the Nisga'a? Kyuquot River Quesnel River Nass River Clayoquot River

7. The highest waterfall in Canada is located where? near Squamish Yoho National Park Vancouver Island Wells Grey Park

8. True or False: Lost Lagoon in Stanley Park, Vancouver, is a fresh water lake? Answer: (One Word - (true or false))

9. Which of these BC towns did not serve as internment sites for Canadians of Japanese descent during World War II? Slocan New Denver Masset Kaslo

10. What hamlet lies directly east across Okanagan Lake from Summerland, B.C.? Okanagan Falls Peachland Naramata West Bank

11. What major BC community is located on Kaien Island? Alert Bay Sandspit Prince Rupert Bella Bella

12. Which of the following is closest to Youbou? Duncan Cranbrook Smithers Houston

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? 3 1 2 4

14. Where was the world's largest chopstick factory until 1997? Fort Nelson Prince George Campbell River Squamish

15. What hamlet represents the practical limits of navigation on the Fraser River? Hope Lillooet Agassiz Yale

16. Where is 100 Mile House one hundred miles from? Prince George Yale Lillooet Cache Creek

17. Which of the following is not an historic 'fort' in BC? Fort Rupert Fort Victoria Fort Vancouver Fort Langley

18. Which BC hamlet is regarded as the hottest spot in Canada, once reaching 44.4 degrees Celsius (16 July 1941)? Answer: (One Word (between four and seven letters))

19. Annacis Island on the Fraser River is part of which Lower Mainland municipality or city? Richmond New Westminster Surrey Delta

20. How many BC airports have official three-letter designations (ie. Vancouver is YVR)? 10 30 56 22

21. WAC Bennett, premier of BC from 1952 to 1972 was born where? Kelowna New Westminster London, England New Brunswick

22. What was the name of British Columbia before it was British Columbia? Juan de Fuca New Britain New Caledonia New Georgia

23. If a nation state of 'Cascadia' were ever to be formed with British Columbia, which of the following would not lie naturally within its bounds? northern California Washington State Alaska Idaho

24. The Mica Dam dams which river? Fraser Columbia Nechako Kootenay

25. What city was supposed to be the original western terminus of the transcontinental railway (CPR) which saw its completion at Craigellachie on 7 Nov 1885? Port Moody Esquimalt Vancouver Prince Rupert