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The tall Coast Douglas-fir tree known as Big Lonely Doug is located some 11 kilometers (or 7 miles) north of Port Renfrew in southwest Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. The 1,000-year-old tree can be reached on foot via a short trail off the Edinburgh Main logging road. On the Gordon River Main road from Port Renfrew, a right turn on Read more...
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Hume Park in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada, is named after Fred Hume, the city’s mayor between 1933 and 1942. As mayor of New Westminster, Fred Hume was instrumental in instigating the development of the green space alongside the Brunette River, then called Brunette Park, for recreational use. Hume later moved to West Vancouver and was elected mayor of the Read more...
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The University of British Columbia in Vancouver has the following varsity sports teams, which are known as the UBC Thunderbirds: Women's Sports Men's Sports Basketball Baseball Cross country Basketball Field hockey Cross country Golf Field hockey Hockey Football Rowing Golf Rugby Hockey Rugby Sevens Rowing Soccer Rugby Softball Soccer Swimming Swimming Track and field Track and field Volleyball Volleyball UBC Read more...
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Shaughnessy Golf Club is a private golf course in Vancouver, British Columbia, where membership is by member-invite only and initiation fees typically exceed Canadian $70,000 and membership dues are around Canadian $300 per month. The par-73 course on Vancouver’s West Side was originally designed by Arthur Vernon Macan, an Irish immigrant to Canada who designed many prominent golf courses in Read more...
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Fernie in southeastern British Columbia is a small city in the Canadian Rockies notable for being an outdoor adventure destination for snowsports and mountain biking, its well-preserved historic downtown area, and for one of Canada’s worst mining accidents when an explosion at the Crow’s Nest Coal Mining Company mine killed 109 miners in 1902. Surrounded on all sides by the Read more...
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The Butchart Gardens floral display gardens in Brentwood Bay on Victoria Island, British Columbia, were started in 1906 by Jennie Butchart on the site of a former limestone quarry operated by her husband, Robert Pim Butchart. Read more...
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Vancouver’s Stanley Park is named after Lord Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, the British politician who served as Governor General of the Dominion of Canada from 1888 to 1893. After Vancouver was incorporated as a city in 1886, the city council negotiated to lease what was then a 405-hectare (or 1,001-acre) military reserve from the Dominion government to create Read more...
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The Coquihalla Summit is a high mountain pass on British Columbia’s Coquihalla Highway, between the towns of Hope and Merritt in the Cascade mountains. Located along the highway some 50 kilometres (or 31 miles) north of Hope, the summit is marked by a roadside sign which displays the elevation, but there is no stopping point. With an elevation of 1,244 Read more...
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The highest part of British Columbia’s Coquihalla Highway is the Surrey Lake Summit at an elevation of 1,444 metres (or 4,737 feet). Located between Kamloops and the town of Merrit, the summit is marked by a roadside sign which also displays the elevation. It was also previously known as the Clapperton Creek Summit. Read more...
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John Lennon’s 1965 Rolls-Royce Phantom V Touring Limousine is held by the Royal BC Museum in Victoria, British Columbia, and periodically displayed in the museum’s glass lobby, particularly in winter months. Coinciding with the 1967 release of The Beatles’ Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album, Lennon had his black Rolls-Royce repainted yellow with psychedelic patterns and floral motifs inspired Read more...
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There is a path going around the whole of False Creek which is part of the longer Vancouver Seaside Greenway, an uninterrupted waterfront pathway running from the Vancouver Convention Centre, along the Stanley Park Seawall to English Bay, and then around False Creek past Granville Island to Kitsilano Beach. The entire False Creek section is approximately 8.5 km (or 5.3 Read more...
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Spinning Chandelier, Canadian artist Rodney Graham’s giant chandelier art installation under the north end of the Granville Bridge in Vancouver, British Columbia, illuminates, descends and spins for two minutes at noon, 4 pm and 9 pm daily. The 4.2 metre-wide chandelier, made of stainless steel and over 600 polyurethane faux crystals, was installed on the underside of Granville Bridge at Read more...
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Whistler ski resort in British Columbia is named after the whistling sound made by the hoary marmots native to the area’s alpine environments. Whistler Mountain itself was originally named London Mountain by British naval officers surveying the area in the 1860s. The name Whistler Mountain was officially adopted in the mid-1960s during the early years of its development as a Read more...
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Kamloops, British Columbia sits at the confluence of the North Thompson and South Thompson rivers. At Kamloops, the westbound South Thompson River and the North Thompson River flowing from the north, meet to form the mainstem Thompson River which continues eastwards until it joins the Fraser River at Lytton, British Columbia. The Thompson River is named after British-Canadian explorer, surveyor Read more...
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There is no driving range at the Furry Creek golf course in British Columbia. However, there are hitting nets near the first hole, and a practice putting green by the clubhouse and 18th green. Read more...
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Blackcomb Gondola opens daily at 8:30 am during ski season and at 10 am during the summer sightseeing season, although lift operation is weather dependent and times may vary. The Blackcomb Gondola runs from the base of Blackcomb Mountain by the Blackcomb Daylodge in the Upper Village and the ride takes 18 minutes to the top. Opened in December 2018, Read more...
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You can walk from Creekside to Whistler Village along the Valley Trail, a year-round paved trail that offers a safer alternative route away from the traffic of Highway 99. The scenic trail begins opposite Evolution in Creekside, passing underneath Highway 99 and continues past Nita Lake, through Lakeside Park, eventually emerging in Whistler Village. The well-signposted trail is approximately 5 Read more...
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A park pass is not required to visit or stop in the city of Revelstoke itself as it is outside the Mount Revelstoke National Park boundary. However, a park pass is required if you stop, stay or hike trails within Mount Revelstoke National Park or the adjacent Glacier National Park. A park pass can be purchased at the Parks Canada Read more...
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A complete loop of Thetis Lake can be completed in around 1 hour on foot, assuming ground conditions are good. Located 10 kilometres (or 6.5 miles) west of Victoria, BC, Thetis Lake is split into Upper Thetis Lake and Lower Thetis Lake, connected by a narrow culvert. The 4.8 kilometre (or 3 mile) long main trail encircles both lakes, beginning Read more...
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Arthur Laing was a Canadian politician and Liberal Member of Parliament for Vancouver South between 1949 and 1953, and again from 1962 to 1972. In 1953, he became leader of the BC Liberals and was elected to the British Columbia legislature to represent Vancouver-Point Grey from 1953 to 1956. He was appointed by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau as a Senator Read more...