Columbia Encyclopedia

(Encyclopedia) North Vancouver, city (1991 pop. 38,436), SW British Columbia, Canada, on Burrard Inlet of the Strait of Georgia, opposite Vancouver, of which it is a suburb. Shipbuilding, woodworking, and the shippi...

(Encyclopedia) Macmillan, river, c.200 mi (320 km) long, rising in two main forks in the Selwyn Mts., E Yukon, Canada, and flowing generally W to the Pelly River. It was an important route to the gold fields from c....

(Encyclopedia) Lakehead University, at Thunder Bay, Ont., Canada; founded 1946 as Lakehead Technical Institute. It achieved university status in 1965. Lakehead has faculties of arts and science, business, education,...

(Encyclopedia) Navy Island, in the Niagara River, just above Niagara Falls, S Ont., Canada. It is famous as the scene of the last stand made by William Lyon Mackenzie and some of his fellow rebels in the Upper Canad...

(Encyclopedia) North American Nebula, bright diffuse nebula in the northern constellation Cygnus about 1000 light-years away; cataloged as NGC 7000. It has a configuration resembling parts of Canada and the United S...

(Encyclopedia) Athabasca, Mount, 11,452 ft (3,491 m) high, W Alta., Canada, in the Canadian Rockies at the headwaters of the Athabasca River. It is on the edge of the Columbia snowfield, and the Saskatchewan and Ath...

(Encyclopedia) Harbour Grace, town, SE Newfoundland, N.L., Canada, on Conception Bay. It is a leading fishing port and has fish-processing plants. It was settled c.155...

(Encyclopedia) Kootenay National Park, 543 sq mi (1,406 sq km), SE British Columbia, Canada; est. 1920. In the Rocky Mts. near Kootenay Lake, it contains high peaks, glaciers, deep canyons, and hot springs. The Banf...

(Encyclopedia) Wolfville, town (1991 pop. 3,475), W central N.S., Canada, on the southwest shore of Minas Basin. It is a market center for a dairy, fruit-growing, and wine-producing area. Acadia Univ. (1839) is the ...

(Encyclopedia) Stikine Mountains, range of the Rocky Mts., NW British Columbia, Canada, extending c.250 mi (400 km) northwest-southeast and rising to 8,200 ft (2,500 m) in Mt. Witt. The Stikine, Skeena, and Finlay r...