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(Encyclopedia) Esquimalt skwīˈmôlt, –mălt, ĕskwīˈ– [key], regional district, on Vancouver...

(Encyclopedia) Kootenai ko͞oˈtĭnā [key], river, 407 mi (655 km) long, rising in the Rocky Mts., SE British Columbia, Canada. It flows S into NW Montana, NW through N Idaho, then N into Canada. There it flows thr...

(Encyclopedia) British North Borneo: see Sabah, Malaysia. ...

(Encyclopedia) Colonial Conference, British: see Imperial Conference. ...

(Encyclopedia) British Virgin Islands: see under Virgin Islands. ...

(Encyclopedia) White Rock, city (1991 pop. 16,314), SE British Columbia, Canada, on Georgia Strait and on the U.S. border. The city is a customs port and resort center with a residential area. ...

(Encyclopedia) Dawson Creek, city, E British Columbia, Canada, near the Alta. border, on Dawson Creek and NE of Prince George. An important grain-shipping center, it i...

(Encyclopedia) British East India Company: see East India Company, British. ...

(Encyclopedia) Campbell, Kim (Avril Phaedra Campbell), 1947–, Canadian political leader, prime minister of Canada (1993), b. Port Alberni, British Columbia. A litigation lawyer and originally a member of the Socia...

(Encyclopedia) Yellowhead Pass, 3,711 ft (1,131 m) high, in the Rocky Mts., on the boundary between Alta. and British Columbia, Canada, and W of Jasper, Alta. It is used by the Canadian National Railway. ...