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With a magnificent natural landscape and a colourful and diverse culture, B.C. is one of the world's great year-round destinations - British Columbia has now been named the host of the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
B.C., as it is commonly known, is the country's third largest and most westerly province, and perhaps its most beautiful. It stretches from the Rockies to the Pacific, and from the 49th to the 60th parallel. It is thus bordered by the U.S. states of Washington, Idaho, and Montana atits southern edge, the Yukon and Northwest Territories to the north, Alaska at its northwest comer, and Alberta to the east beyond the Rockies. The rugged, snowcapped Coast Mountains rise above the deeply indented Pacific coastline, and beyond them the landscape is rippled by mountain ranges running northwest to southeast that give way to valleys and wide, rolling prairies carpeted with ancient forests and dotted with lakes.
B.C.'s climate is as varied as its landscape. The coast, warmed by the Pacific current and shadowed by the high Coast Mountains, has mild, wet winters and cool summers. The more exposed interior is generally drier, with more extreme temperatures, while northeastern winters are the coldest of all and have the heaviest snowfall.
The province covers an enormous area, 947,800 sq km (366,255 sq miles) - big enough to hold a handful of European countries. There are only three million inhabitants in the entire province, the majority of whom live in the southwestern comer, and almost half the entire population can be found in Greater Vancouver. This leaves an awful lot of space. There are literally hundreds of parks covering millions of acres of wilderness, making ideal habitats for all kinds of wildlife and a heaven for outdoor enthusiasts. With so many people huddled in its bottom comer, and with the great barrier created by the Rockies, it is not surprising that B.C. seems separated from the rest of the country. It has often been observed that its lifestyle and easy-going attitudes owe more to California than to Canada. Popular British Columbia Bed and Breakfast destination cities include: Comox, Kelowna, Nelson, Prince Rupert, Sechelt, Ucluelet, Vancouver, Victoria and Whistler
If you're looking for a British Columbia Bed and Breakfast you can use the map above to locate cities in popular British Columbia bed and breakfast tourist regions. There are many beautiful bed & breakfasts located in the cities and towns of British Columbia. Many of the Bed and Breakfasts can be found in major cities like Vancouver, Victoria, Sechelt, Kelowna and Whistler. Other B&Bs can be found in smaller, rural towns like Saanichton, Forest Grove, Hedley and Mackenzie. |
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