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? Alberni Canal Sunshine Coast Portland Canal Queen Charlotte Islands

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

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

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

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? Masset Kaslo New Denver Slocan

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

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

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

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? 4 2 3 1

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

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

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

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? New Westminster Richmond Delta Surrey

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

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

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

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? Alaska Idaho Washington State northern California

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? Esquimalt Vancouver Port Moody Prince Rupert