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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...

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...

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...

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...

The capital city of British Columbia is Victoria on Vancouver Island. Originally the capital of the Colony of Vancouver Island, Victoria was designated the capital of the united Colony of British Columbia in 1868 following the 1866 political amalgamation of the island with the mainland. The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia is based in Victoria’s Parliament Buildings, which were completed Read more...

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...

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...

The last major volcanic eruption of lava at Mount Baker occurred some 6,700 years ago. However, it is still an active volcano and there have been significant hydrothermal eruptions as recently as 1880. Since the mid 1970s, reheating has been detected along with increased emissions of hot steam and gases from fumaroles, or vent holes, in the mountain’s Sherman Crater, Read more...

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...

Reality TV star Gabe Rygaard was killed in a car accident on US-101 near Port Angeles, Washington on September 16th, 2016, aged 45. Rygaard had previously appeared on seasons two through nine of the History Channel’s reality TV show Ax Men which chronicled the activities of his family-owned logging business. Read more...

On March 22nd, 2014 at 10:37 am, the deadliest landslide in US history engulfed the community around Steelhead Haven, about 4 miles east of Oso, Washington. A portion of tree-covered hillside above the North Fork Stillaguamish River gave way, sending masses of mud and timber flowing across the river, through the Steelhead Haven neighborhood and onto State Route 530. The Read more...

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...