List of communities in British Columbia
Encyclopedia
This is a list of communities in British Columbia, a province
in Canada
. For the purposes of this list, a community is defined as either an incorporated municipality
(including Indian reserve
s), or an unincorporated
settlement
inside or outside of a municipality. Neighbourhoods, settlements and localities within another municipality are listed with the surrounding municipality(ies) in parentheses after the settlement name: e.g., Bradner
(Abbotsford), Barnhartvale
(Kamloops), or Tsawwassen (Delta).
BC municipalities are incorporated as village
s, town
s, cities
or district municipalities
:
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in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. For the purposes of this list, a community is defined as either an incorporated municipality
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
(including Indian reserve
Indian reserve
In Canada, an Indian reserve is specified by the Indian Act as a "tract of land, the legal title to which is vested in Her Majesty, that has been set apart by Her Majesty for the use and benefit of a band." The Act also specifies that land reserved for the use and benefit of a band which is not...
s), or an unincorporated
Unincorporated area
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...
settlement
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
inside or outside of a municipality. Neighbourhoods, settlements and localities within another municipality are listed with the surrounding municipality(ies) in parentheses after the settlement name: e.g., Bradner
Bradner, British Columbia
Bradner is a community within the City of Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada, located in a rural northwest region of that city which also includes Mount Lehman. Bradner occupies a height of land above the Fraser River, immediately across which is the community of Silverdale, a part of the...
(Abbotsford), Barnhartvale
Barnhartvale, British Columbia
Barnhartvale, originally Barnhart Vale, is located at the southeast end of Kamloops, south of Dallas in British Columbia, Canada. The area includes riding stables, farms, honey bee farms, and ranches. There is a local store called Happy Valley Foods, and a local elementary school, Robert L....
(Kamloops), or Tsawwassen (Delta).
BC municipalities are incorporated as village
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
s, town
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
s, cities
City
A city is a relatively large and permanent settlement. Although there is no agreement on how a city is distinguished from a town within general English language meanings, many cities have a particular administrative, legal, or historical status based on local law.For example, in the U.S...
or district municipalities
District municipality
A district municipality is a designation for a class of municipalities found in several locations, including Canada, Lithuania, and South Africa.-Usage in British Columbia:...
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- a village, if the population is not greater than 2 500
- a town, if the population is greater than 2 500 but not greater than 5 000
- a city, if the population is greater than 5 000 (excepting GreenwoodGreenwood, British ColumbiaGreenwood is a small city in south central British Columbia.It was incorporated in 1897 and was formerly one of the principal cities of the Boundary Country smelting and mining district. It earned "city" status and has retained that stature despite the population implosion following the closure of...
, which retained "city" status after its depopulation) - a district municipality if the area to be incorporated is greater than 800 hectares and has an average population density of less than 5 persons per hectare.
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- 70 Mile House70 Mile House, British Columbia70 Mile House is situated on Highway 97 in the Cariboo region of British Columbia, Canada. Its name is derived from its distance from Lillooet, which was Mile 0 of the Old Cariboo Road. Other examples of towns named by their distance from Lillooet on the Old Cariboo Road are 93 Mile House, 100 Mile...
- 100 Mile House (District Municipality)
- 105 Mile Post 2105 Mile Post 2, British Columbia105 Mile Post 2 is an Indian reserve in the Thompson Country of the Interior of British Columbia, Canada, just west of the town of Ashcroft...
(Indian Reserve) - 108 Mile Ranch108 Mile Ranch, British Columbia108 Mile Ranch is a residential community of 700 homes situated in the South Cariboo region of British Columbia located in a historic area of ranches and lakes.Historically, en route to the great Cariboo Gold Rush, a few of the travellers settled here....
- 150 Mile House150 Mile House, British Columbia150 Mile House is an unincorporated settlement of 893 people in the Cariboo region of British Columbia.It is located 15 km south of Williams Lake on Highway 97....
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- AbbotsfordAbbotsford, British ColumbiaAbbotsford is a Canadian city located in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, adjacent to Greater Vancouver. It is the fifth largest municipality in British Columbia, home to 123,864 people . Its Census Metropolitan Area, which includes the District of Mission, is the 23rd largest in Canada,...
(City) - AgassizAgassiz, British ColumbiaAgassiz is a small community located in British Columbia's Fraser Valley. The only town within the jurisdiction of the District Municipality of Kent, it contains the majority of Kent's population.-References:...
(Kent) - Ahousat (Indian Reserve)
- AinsworthAinsworth, British ColumbiaAinsworth or Ainsworth Hot Springs is a historic village on Kootenay Lake in British Columbia, Canada and has a population of 50.Founded on May 31, 1883, it is the oldest surviving community on Kootenay Lake....
- Aiyansh
- AldergroveAldergrove, British ColumbiaAldergrove is a small town within the jurisdiction of the The Township of Langley, a municipality within Greater Vancouver. Located at the southeastern edge of both Langley and Greater Vancouver, and nearby to the metropolitan area of Abbotsford, British Columbia just east, Aldergrove has a...
(Township of Langley) - Alert BayAlert Bay, British ColumbiaAlert Bay is a village on Cormorant Island, British Columbia, Canada. According to the 2006 census, 556 people live within the village.-Population:Slightly more than half of the village's 556 residents are First Nations people...
(Village & Indian Reserve) - AlexandriaAlexandria, British ColumbiaAlexandria or Fort Alexandria is a National Historic Site of Canada on the Fraser River in British Columbia, and was the end of the Old Cariboo Road and the Cariboo Wagon Road...
- Alexis CreekAlexis Creek, British ColumbiaAlexis Creek, also known as Anaham, is an unincorporated community in the Chilcotin District of the western Central Interior of the Canadian province of British Columbia, on Highway 20 between Williams Lake and Bella Coola...
- Alkali LakeAlkali Lake, British ColumbiaAlkali Lake is an unincorporated community in the Cariboo region of the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada, located 40 kilometres south of the city of Williams Lake en route to Dog Creek and the Gang Ranch...
- Alta LakeAlta Lake, British ColumbiaAlta Lake was a recreational community and railway station on the west side of Alta Lake. It is now a neighbourhood of Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. The post office was renamed Whistler in 1976 when the area was incorporated as part of the Resort Municipality of Whistler.-References:**...
(Whistler) - AmblesideAmbleside, British ColumbiaAmbleside is a settlement in British Columbia....
(West Vancouver) - Anahim LakeAnahim Lake, British ColumbiaAnahim Lake is a small community in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Its name, and the name of the associated lake, in the Tsilhqot'in language, is Tl'etinqox. The village and surrounding areas have a population of approximately 1500. The Ulkatcho First Nation has 729 living on nearby...
- Anmore (Village)
- AnnievilleAnnieville, British ColumbiaAnnieville is a settlement in British Columbia....
(Surrey) - AnyoxAnyox, British ColumbiaAnyox was a small company-owned mining town in British Columbia, Canada. Today it is largely destroyed and abandoned. It is located about southwest of Stewart, British Columbia on the shores of Observatory Inlet...
- ArgentaArgenta, British ColumbiaArgenta is a settlement in British Columbia....
- ArmstrongArmstrong, British ColumbiaThe City of Armstrong is located in the North Okanagan of the Canadian province of British Columbia, between Vernon and Enderby. It overlooks the Spallumcheen Valley, which forms a broad pass between the Okanagan Valley to the south and the Shuswap Country to the north, and is about from each of...
(City) - ArrandaleArrandale, British ColumbiaArrandale is a settlement in British Columbia....
- Ashcroft (Village)
- Aspen GroveAspen Grove, British ColumbiaAspen Grove is a settlement in British Columbia....
- AtlinAtlin, British ColumbiaAtlin is a community in northwestern British Columbia, Canada, located on the eastern shore of Atlin Lake. In addition to continued gold-mining activity, Atlin is a tourist destination for fishing, hiking and Heliskiing. As of 2004, there are 450 permanent residents.The name comes from Áa Tlein,...
- AttachieAttachie, British ColumbiaAttachie is a settlement in British Columbia....
- AustralianAustralian, British ColumbiaAustralian is an historic unincorporated community on the Fraser River in the Cariboo Country of the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada. Its name is derived from that of the Australian Ranch, one of British Columbia's first ranching operations and also an important and popular roadhouse...
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- Baker Creek
- BaldonnelBaldonnel, British ColumbiaBaldonnel is a town in the Peace River District of British Columbia, Canada, near Fort St. John. It is at an elevation of .-Climate:-References:...
- BalfourBalfour, British ColumbiaBalfour, also known as Balfour Bay, is an unincorporated community in British Columbia, located about northeast of the city of Nelson and located at the juncture of Kootenay Lake with its West Arm....
- BambertonBamberton, British ColumbiaBamberton is located on the Saanich Inlet, just south of Mill Bay, 45 kilometers north of Victoria on Vancouver Island.Bamberton is named for H.K.G...
- BamfieldBamfield, British ColumbiaBamfield is a community that is surrounded by Crown Land, Indian Reserves, and portions of the Pacific Rim National Park, located on Barkley Sound, Vancouver Island in British Columbia. The community, with a population of 251 as of 2006, is divided by Bamfield Inlet.- History :Bamfield is populated...
- BarkervilleBarkerville, British ColumbiaBarkerville was the main town of the Cariboo Gold Rush in British Columbia, Canada and is preserved as a historic town. It is located on the north slope of the Cariboo Plateau near the Cariboo Mountains east of Quesnel along BC Highway 26, which follows the route of the original access to...
- BarnetBarnet, British ColumbiaBarnet is a settlement in British Columbia....
(Burnaby) - Barnston IslandBarnston Island, British ColumbiaBarnston Island is an unincorporated island located in the Greater Vancouver metropolitan area of British Columbia, Canada. Most of the island is part of the Greater Vancouver Electoral Area A; the remainder is Barnston Island Indian Reserve No...
- BarriereBarriere, British ColumbiaBarriere is a district municipality in central British Columbia, Canada, located 66 km north of the larger city of Kamloops on Highway 5. It is situated at the confluence of the Barriere and North Thompson Rivers in the Central North Thompson Valley...
(District Municipality) - BasqueBasque, British ColumbiaBasque, British Columbia, is located in the province of British Columbia, Canada, near the village of Ashcroft. It is the post office and whistlestop-crossing on the historic Basque Ranch, one of the earliest ranches in the Interior of British Columbia...
- Bear LakeBear Lake, British ColumbiaBear Lake is an unincorporated settlement in northern British Columbia, approximately 70 km north of Prince George along Highway 97.Bear Lake Elementary School, administered by School District 57 Prince George, was closed in approximately 2005...
- BeatonBeaton, British ColumbiaBeaton, formerly Thomson's Landing and also formerly known as Evansport, is a locality and former townsite and steamboat landing at head head of Beaton Arm at the head of Upper Arrow Lake in the Kootenay Country of British Columbia, Canada...
- BeaverdellBeaverdell, British ColumbiaBeaverdell is an unincorporated settlement in the Monashee Country of the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada, which lies to the east of the Okanagan Valley and north of the Boundary Country region...
- Bedwell BayBedwell Bay, British ColumbiaBedwell Bay is a settlement in British Columbia....
(Belcarra) - Bedwell HarbourBedwell Harbour, British ColumbiaBedwell Harbour is a settlement in British Columbia....
(Belcarra) - Belcarra (Village)
- Bella BellaBella Bella, British ColumbiaBella Bella, also known as Waglisla, is an unincorporated community and Indian Reserve community located within Bella Bella Indian Reserve No. 1 on the east coast of Campbell Island in the Central Coast region of British Columbia, Canada. Bella Bella is located north of Port Hardy, on Vancouver...
- Bella CoolaBella Coola, British ColumbiaBella Coola is a community of approximately 600 at the western extremity of the Bella Coola Valley. Bella Coola usually refers to the entire valley, encompassing the settlements of Bella Coola proper , Lower Bella Coola, Hagensborg, Saloompt, Nusatsum, Firvale and Stuie...
- BennettBennett, British ColumbiaBennett, British Columbia, Canada is an abandoned town next to Bennett Lake. It was built during the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897–99 at the end of the White Pass and Chilkoot Trails from nearby ports of Skagway and Dyea in Alaska...
- BenvoulinBenvoulin, British ColumbiaBenvoulin is a settlement in British Columbia....
- BeresfordBeresford, British ColumbiaBeresford is a settlement in British Columbia....
- BighornBighorn, British ColumbiaBighorn is an unincorporated settlement and locality in the Thompson Canyon in British Columbia, Canada. It is a few miles south of Spences Bridge, British Columbia...
- BirkenBirken, British ColumbiaBirken is an unincorporated community, located at Birken Lake in the Gates Valley of the Lillooet Country in the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada, approximately midway in the route known as the Long Portage or Pemberton Pass, which connects the Pemberton Valley to the Fraser Canyon via...
- Black CreekBlack Creek, British ColumbiaBlack Creek is a community on the eastern side of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. It is approximately 16km north of Courtenay. It is primarily an agricultural hamlet and bedroom community to Courtenay and Campbell River - approximately 20 km to the north....
- Blind BayBlind Bay, British ColumbiaBlind Bay is an unincorporated settlement located on the bay of the same name, at the southwest end of Shuswap Lake in the Shuswap Country region of the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada....
- Blubber BayBlubber Bay, British ColumbiaBlubbery Bay is an unincorporated settlement on the northern end of Texada Island at the bay of the same name in the northern Gulf of Georgia on the South Coast of British Columbia, Canada. Texada Island is one of the Northern Gulf Islands, and lies across Malaspina Strait from the town of Powell...
- Blue RiverBlue River, British ColumbiaBlue River is a small community in British Columbia, situated on the Yellowhead Highway about halfway between Kamloops and Jasper, Alberta, located at the confluence of the Blue and North Thompson Rivers. It currently has 260 residents...
- Blunden HarbourBlunden Harbour, British ColumbiaBlunden Harbour is a small harbour and native Indian reserve in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is located the mainland side of Queen Charlotte Strait – about northeast of Port Hardy. It is located at .-History:...
- BonaparteBonaparte, British ColumbiaBonaparte is a settlement in British Columbia....
- BoothroydBoothroyd, British ColumbiaBoothroyd is a settlement in the Fraser Canyon region of British Columbia, just north of Boston Bar-North Bend.-References:...
- Boston BarBoston Bar, British ColumbiaBoston Bar is an unincorporated town in the Fraser Canyon of the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was not named for an organization of Massachusetts lawyers but dates from the time of the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush...
- BoswellBoswell, British ColumbiaBoswell is a rural locality on the east shore of Kootenay Lake approximately 35km due east of the city of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada.- See Also :Crawford Bay, British ColumbiaKootenay Lake FerryGlass House...
- Botanical Beach
- Boundary BayBoundary Bay, British ColumbiaBoundary Bay, named for the bay of the same name is a neighbourhood of Delta, British Columbia, Canada, located southeast of Tsawwassen adjacent to the Canada-United States border. South of it, across the border, is the community of Maple Beach, Washington, although there is no border crossing...
(Delta) - BountifulBountiful, British ColumbiaBountiful is a settlement located in the Creston Valley of southeastern British Columbia, Canada, near Cranbrook and Creston. The closest community is Lister, British Columbia....
- BowserBowser, British ColumbiaBowser , is a community on the eastern coast of Vancouver Island, located approximately 66 km north of Nanaimo. It is situated in a region which was informally known as Lighthouse Country, which is a stretch of highway that extends from Qualicum Beach in the South to Horne Lake to the west to...
- BralorneBralorne, British ColumbiaBralorne is an historic underground gold mining community in the Bridge River District, some sixty dirt road miles west of the town of Lillooet.-Background:...
- Brentwood BayBrentwood Bay, British ColumbiaBrentwood Bay, is a small neighbourhood in the municipality of Central Saanich, on the Saanich Peninsula. It lies north of the city of Victoria and south of Sidney on the southern tip of Vancouver Island. Situated on the Saanich Inlet, it includes the Butchart Gardens, the Victoria Butterfly...
(Central Saanich) - BridgeportBridgeport, British ColumbiaBridgeport is a settlement in British Columbia....
(Richmond) - BrighouseBrighouse, British ColumbiaBrighouse is a settlement in British Columbia....
(Richmond) - BrilliantBrilliant, British ColumbiaBrilliant is a settlement in British Columbia....
- Britannia BeachBritannia Beach, British ColumbiaBritannia Beach is a small unincorporated community in the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District located approximately 30 kilometers north of Vancouver, British Columbia on the Sea-to-Sky Highway on Howe Sound. It has a population of about 300....
- BrocklehurstBrocklehurst, British ColumbiaBrocklehurst is a neighbourhood in the western area of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. Brocklehurst is bordered by the Thompson River to the south, North Shore to the east, the Kamloops Airport to the west, and the Batchelor hills and Batchelor Heights aka Batchelor Hills to the north...
(Kamloops) - BrookmereBrookmere, British ColumbiaBrookmere, British Columbia is an unincorporated settlement in the Nicola Country of British Columbia. It is reached by the recently paved Coldwater Road from Merritt or from Exit 256 on the Coquihalla Highway...
- BrunswickBrunswick, British ColumbiaBrunswick is a settlement in British Columbia....
- Brunswick BeachBrunswick Beach, British ColumbiaBrunswick Beach is a settlement in British Columbia....
- BuickBuick, British ColumbiaBuick is a community in North-Eastern British Columbia, Canada....
- Bull HarbourBull Harbour, British ColumbiaBull Harbour is a settlement in British Columbia....
- Burnaby (City)
- Burns LakeBurns Lake, British Columbiathumb|309px|right|Burns Lake's welcome signBurns Lake is a rural village in the North-Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada, incorporated in 1923...
(Village) - BurquitlamBurquitlam, British ColumbiaBurquitlam is a settlement in British Columbia....
(Coquitlam) - BurtonBurton, British ColumbiaBurton is a settlement on the Arrow Lakes in the West Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, Canada.Before european contact, Burton was known as xaieken , a large village of Sinixt first nations people. Burton came to be in the 1890's when gold was found at Cariboo Creek, a steamboat...
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- Cache CreekCache Creek, British ColumbiaCache Creek is a junction community northeast of Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada. It is on the Trans-Canada Highway in the province of British Columbia at its junction with northbound Highway 97...
(Village) - Cameron Bar 13Cameron Bar 13, British ColumbiaCameron Bar Indian Reserve No. 13, referred to as Cameron Bar 13 for census purposes, is an Indian Reserve in the Fraser Canyon region of the Canadian province of British Columbia. , the population was 0 . The area of the reserve was .35 square kilometres...
(Indian Reserve) - Campbell RiverCampbell River, British ColumbiaCampbell River is a coastal city in British Columbia on the east coast of Vancouver Island at the south end of Discovery Passage, which lies along the important coastal Inside Passage shipping route...
(City) - Canal FlatsCanal Flats, British ColumbiaCanal Flats is a village located at the southern end of Columbia Lake, the source of the Columbia River in British Columbia, Canada. In 2006, it had a population of 700.-Location:...
(Village) - CastlegarCastlegar, British ColumbiaCastlegar is the second largest city in the West Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada. It is located within the Selkirk Mountains at the confluence of the Kootenay and Columbia Rivers. It is a regional trade and transportation centre, with a local economy fueled by forestry, mining and tourism...
(City) - CawstonCawston, British ColumbiaCawston is an unincorporated small community in the south Similkameen Valley.The community was named for R.L. Cawston, a pioneer rancher and magistrate who settled in the area in the 19th century...
- Cecil LakeCecil Lake, British ColumbiaCecil Lake is a settlement in British Columbia....
- CedarCedar, British ColumbiaCedar is a small community in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is located near the east coast of Vancouver Island — about southeast of Nanaimo. Its geographical coordinates are...
- CedarvaleCedarvale, British ColumbiaCedarvale, also known as Minskinish, is an unincorporated community in the Skeena River valley of northwestern British Columbia, Canada. Located originally on the west side of the Skeena as a railway station of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway and nearby post office, in 1910, Cedarvale is now on...
- Charlie LakeCharlie Lake, British ColumbiaCharlie Lake is a settlement in British Columbia. It is established on the southern shore of Charlie Lake, immediately north-west from Fort St. John, along the Alaska Highway....
- ChaseChase, British ColumbiaChase is a village located in the Interior of British Columbia, Canada. It has a population of roughly 2,500, and its main industries are forestry and tourism. It is located at the outlet of Little Shuswap Lake, which is the source of the South Thompson River...
(Village) - ChemainusChemainus, British ColumbiaChemainus is a community on the east coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.Founded as a logging town in 1858, the town is now famous for its 39 outdoor murals. This outdoor gallery has given birth to 300 businesses, including a theatre, antiques dealers, and eateries. The tourist...
(North Cowichan) - CherryvilleCherryville, British ColumbiaCherryville is an unincorporated community in the foothills of the Monashee Mountains in British Columbia with a population of approximately 614...
- ChetwyndChetwynd, British ColumbiaThe District of Chetwynd is a town located on the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in northeastern British Columbia, Canada. Situated on an ancient floodplain, it is the first town eastbound travellers encounter after emerging from the Rockies along Highway 97 and acts as the gateway to the Peace...
(District Municipality) - ChilliwackChilliwack, British ColumbiaChilliwack is a Canadian city in the Province of British Columbia. It is a predominantly agricultural community with an estimated population of 80,000 people. Chilliwack is the second largest city in the Fraser Valley Regional District after Abbotsford. The city is surrounded by mountains and...
(City) - Christina LakeChristina Lake, British ColumbiaChristina Lake is an unincorporated recreational area in the Boundary Country of the West Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada. It is located on Highway 3, 12 miles east of Grand Forks and 44 miles southwest of Castlegar....
- ClayburnClayburn, British ColumbiaClayburn is a small historic village now located with the City of Abbotsford, in the Central Fraser Valley of British Columbia. Largely surrounded by farmland and green fields, on the northern slopes of Sumas Mountain's eastern ridge, the historic centre is situated immediately north and east of...
(Abbotsford) - ClayhurstClayhurst, British ColumbiaClayhurst is a settlement in British Columbia....
- ClearbrookClearbrook, British ColumbiaClearbrook is a neighbourhood of the City of Abbotsford, British Columbia, located in the western portion of the city in the vicinity of Clearbrook Road. The area was originally known as Sandy Flats or West Abbotsford, and was located in the Poplar district of the Matsqui Municipality...
(Abbotsford) - ClearwaterClearwater, British ColumbiaClearwater is a district municipality in the North Thompson River valley in British Columbia, Canada, north of Kamloops. The largest community in the valley, with a population of 4,960, Clearwater is predominantly employed by the forestry industry. Tourism is also a major industry, with Wells Gray...
(District Municipality) - ClintonClinton, British ColumbiaClinton is a village in British Columbia, Canada, located approximately 40 km northwest of Cache Creek and 30 km south of 70 Mile House.It is considered by some to straddle the southern edge of the Cariboo country of British Columbia, although others consider Ashcroft-Cache Creek, Lillooet, Savona,...
(Village) - Clo-ooseClo-oose, British ColumbiaClo-oose is a village of the Ditidaht people in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is located just southwest of the west end of Nitinat Lake in Pacific Rim National Park Reserve on the west coast of Vancouver Island, about south of Port Alberni...
(Indian Reserve) - Cluculz LakeCluculz Lake, British ColumbiaCluculz Lake is a settlement in British Columbia....
- Coal HarbourCoal Harbour, British ColumbiaCoal Harbour in northern Vancouver Island is named after a small and unsuccessful local coal mine that was founded in 1883. The village's most successful industry, however, was whaling. It was the last whaling station in British Columbia when it closed in 1967...
- Cobble HillCobble Hill, British ColumbiaCobble Hill is a small community on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. It is located approximately north of Victoria in the Cowichan Valley Regional District, and is known for its agricultural surroundings, and for Cobble Hill itself, which gave the village its name...
- ColdstreamColdstream, British ColumbiaColdstream is a district municipality in British Columbia, Canada, located at the northern end of Kalamalka Lake in the Okanagan Valley. Incorporated on December 21, 1906, Coldstream celebrated its centennial in 2006. The municipality is directly southeast of Vernon and is considered part of...
(District Municipality) - ColwoodColwood, British ColumbiaColwood is a city located on Vancouver Island to the southwest of Victoria, capital of British Columbia. Colwood was incorporated in 1985 and has a population of approximately 15,000 people. Colwood lies within the boundaries of the Victoria Census Metropolitan area or Capital Regional District,...
(City) - ComoxComox, British ColumbiaComox is a town of 12,000 people located on a small peninsula in the Georgia Strait on the eastern coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The warm dry summers, mild winters, fertile soil and abundant sea life attracted First Nations thousands of years ago, who called the area kw’umuxws...
(Town) - CoombsCoombs, British ColumbiaCoombs is a small community on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, situated on provincial highway 4A approximately west of Parksville. Coombs is home to approximately 1,327 people and is renowned for its Old Country Market , Butterfly World , Jessica's waterslide, Coombs is a small community on...
- Coquitlam (City)
- CourtenayCourtenay, British ColumbiaCourtenay is a city on the east coast of Vancouver Island, in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is the largest city in the area commonly known as the Comox Valley, and it is the seat of the Comox Valley Regional District which replaced the Comox-Strathcona Regional District...
(City) - Cowichan 1Cowichan 1, British ColumbiaCowichan Indian Reserve No. 1 is an Indian Reserve in British Columbia, located south of the City of Duncan.-See also:*Cowichan Tribes...
(Indian Reserve) - Cowichan BayCowichan Bay, British ColumbiaCowichan Bay is a bay and community located near Duncan, in British Columbia. The mouth of the Cowichan River is near Cowichan Bay. The bay is known for its fishing and scenic value...
- Cranberry JunctionCranberry Junction, British ColumbiaCranberry Junction is an unincorporated community in northwestern British Columbia, Canada, located at the junction of the Nisga'a Highway and the Dease Lake Highway . The name derives from the junctions location on the south bank of the Cranberry River, and was made official in 1979 in response...
- CranbrookCranbrook, British ColumbiaCranbrook, British Columbia is a city in southeast British Columbia, located on the west side of the Kootenay River at its confluence with the St. Mary's River, It is the largest urban centre in the region known as the East Kootenay. As of 2006, Cranbrook's population is 18,267, and the...
(City) - CrestonCreston, British ColumbiaCreston is a town of 4,826 people in the Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, Canada. The town is located just a few kilometers north of the Porthill, Idaho border crossing into the United States and about a three-hour drive north from Spokane, Washington. It is about a one-hour drive...
(Town) - CroftonCrofton, British ColumbiaCrofton, British Columbia, Canada, is a small coastal town that is part of the District of North Cowichan on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. The population is estimated at 2,500 people...
(North Cowichan) - CumberlandCumberland, British ColumbiaCumberland is a town in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.-History:The village was originally named Union, British Columbia after the Union Coal Company, which was in turn named in honour of the 1871 union of British Columbia with Canada. The town was renamed after...
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- D'ArcyD'Arcy, British ColumbiaD'Arcy is an unincorporated community in the Canadian province of British Columbia, approximately 150 kilometres northeast of the city of Vancouver...
- Dawson Creek (City)
- Dease LakeDease Lake, British ColumbiaDease Lake is a small community located in the Cassiar Country of the Northern Interior of British Columbia, Canada. Located only a few hours south of the Yukon border, it is located on Highway 37 at the south end of the lake of the same name. Dease Lake is the last major centre before the Alaska...
- DeltaDelta, British ColumbiaDelta is a district municipality in British Columbia, and forms part of Metro Vancouver. Located south of Richmond, it is bordered by the Fraser River to the north, the United States to the south and the city of Surrey to the east...
(District) - DevineDevine, British ColumbiaDevine is a rural locality located in the Gates Valley of the Lillooet Country in the southwestern Interior of British Columbia, Canada, about 3 km from D'Arcy, at the head of Anderson Lake....
- Dog CreekDog Creek, British ColumbiaDog Creek is an unincorporated ranching settlement, located on the Fraser River, in the Cariboo region of British Columbia, Canada. Located on the northeast side of the Fraser's confluence with Dog Creek, it is opposite Gang Ranch on the west side of the river, which is connected by an old...
- DuncanDuncan, British ColumbiaDuncan is a city on southern Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.-History:The community is named after William Chalmers Duncan . He arrived in Victoria in May 1862, then in August of that year he was one of the party of a hundred settlers which Governor Douglas took to Cowichan Bay...
(City) - DunsterDunster, British ColumbiaDunster is a small farming community in the Robson Valley region of British Columbia, Canada. It is located 31 km east of McBride and 37 km west of Tête Jaune Cache...
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- Earls CoveEarls Cove, British ColumbiaEarls Cove is a small settlement located on Jervis Inlet in the Sunshine Coast region of British Columbia. It is a terminal for the BC Ferries route across the inlet to Saltery Bay, linking the Lower Sunshine Coast with the Upper Sunshine Coast of B.C...
- EddontenajonEddontenajon, British ColumbiaEddontenajon is an unincorporated settlement in the Stikine Country of the northwestern British Columbia Interior in Canada. It is located along the Stewart-Cassiar Highway on the northeast side of Eddontenajon Lake and comprises a small commercial centre as well as the community It should not be...
- EdgewoodEdgewood, British ColumbiaEdgewood is a settlement in British Columbia. It is located on the western shore of Arrow Lake.In 2008, there was a 181-hectare forest fire just outside of Edgewood....
- ElkfordElkford, British ColumbiaElkford is a small community in southeast British Columbia. It is nestled within the majestic Rocky Mountain range. Elkford is located 32 km North of the junction at Sparwood, on provincial Highway 43....
(District Municipality) - EnderbyEnderby, British ColumbiaThe City of Enderby is in the North Okanagan of the Canadian province of British Columbia, between Armstrong and Salmon Arm. It is approximately 80 km north of Kelowna and 130 km east of Kamloops...
(City) - ErringtonErrington, British ColumbiaErrington is a small community on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, located on Errington Road, off Highway 4, just south of Parksville and Qualicum Beach. It was named after Errington, Great Britain, by Duncan McMillan....
- EsquimaltEsquimalt, British ColumbiaThe Township of Esquimalt is a municipality at the southern tip of Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. It is bordered to the east by the provincial capital, Victoria, to the south by the Strait of Juan de Fuca, to the west by Esquimalt Harbour and Royal Roads, to the northwest by the...
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- Fanny BayFanny Bay, British ColumbiaFanny Bay is a small hamlet in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is located on Baynes Sound on the east coast of Vancouver Island. In 2001, its population was listed as 744...
- Fairmont Hot SpringsFairmont Hot Springs, British ColumbiaFairmont Hot Springs is an unincorporated community located in south-eastern British Columbia, Canada. This community has a population of 489, but receives many vacationers from Calgary, who come to play on Fairmont's three golf courses on the Columbia River, and visit the Fairmont Hot Springs...
- FarmingtonFarmington, British ColumbiaFarmington is an unincorporated settlement in the Peace Country of northeastern British Columbia, Canada, located at the confluence of Coal Creek and the Kiskatinaw River....
- FauquierFauquier, British ColumbiaFauquier is a settlement in British Columbia. It is located on the east side of Lower Arrow Lake along Highway 6, where a car ferry links to the west side of the lake....
- FernieFernie, British ColumbiaFernie is a city in the Elk Valley area of the East Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, Canada, located on BC Highway 3 on the eastern approaches to the Crowsnest Pass through the Rocky Mountains...
(City) - FieldField, British ColumbiaField is an unincorporated settlement of approximately 300 people located in the Kicking Horse River valley of southeastern British Columbia,Canada, within the confines of Yoho National Park....
- Forest GroveForest Grove, British ColumbiaForest Grove is situated just off Highway 97, near 100 Mile House, in the Cariboo region of British Columbia, Canada. Prior to World War I settlers were making their way into the area and building small farms and/or living off the fur trade. One early settler, Oliver Philips, named the area Forest...
- Fort FraserFort Fraser, British ColumbiaFort Fraser is an unincorporated community of about 1000 people, situated near the base of Fraser Mountain, close to both Fraser Lake and the Nechako River. It can be found near the geographical centre of British Columbia, Canada, west of Vanderhoof on the Yellowhead Highway...
- Fort Langley (Township of Langley)
- Fort NelsonFort Nelson, British ColumbiaFort Nelson is a town of approximately 5000 residents in British Columbia's northeastern corner. It is the administrative centre of the newly formed Northern Rockies Regional Municipality, a first for BC. The majority of Fort Nelson's economic activities have historically been concentrated in the...
(Town) - Fort RupertFort Rupert, British ColumbiaFort Rupert is the site of a former Hudson's Bay Company fort which was built and first commanded by William Henry McNeill in 1849 and later by John Work. It is located near present-day Port Hardy, British Columbia on Vancouver Island....
- Fort St. JamesFort St. James, British ColumbiaFort St. James is a district municipality and former fur trading post in north-central British Columbia, Canada. It is located on the south-eastern shore of Stuart Lake in the Omineca Country, at the northern terminus of Highway 27, which connects to Highway 16 at Vanderhoof...
(District Municipality) - Fort St. JohnFort St. John, British ColumbiaThe City of Fort St. John is a city in northeastern British Columbia, Canada. A member municipality of the Peace River Regional District, the city covers an area of about 22 km² with 22,000 residents . Located at Mile 47, it is one of the largest cities along the Alaska Highway. Originally...
(City) - Fort SteeleFort Steele, British ColumbiaFort Steele is a heritage town in the East Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada. It is located north of the Crowsnest Highway along Highways 93 and 95, northeast of Cranbrook.-History:...
- Fort WareFort Ware, British ColumbiaFort Ware, is the former name of the community of Kwadacha. Referred to by locals simply as Ware it is an aboriginal community in northern British Columbia, Canada, located in the Rocky Mountain Trench at the confluence of the Finlay and Warneford Rivers, in the Rocky Mountain Trench upstream from...
- FountainFountain, British ColumbiaFountain is an unincorporated rural area and Indian Reserve community in the Fraser Canyon region of British Columbia, Canada, located at the ten-mile mark from the town of Lillooet on BC Highway 99, which in that area is also on the route of the Old Cariboo Road and is located at the junction of...
- Francois LakeFrancois Lake, British ColumbiaFrançois Lake is an unincorporated settlement in the Nechako Country of the Central Interior of British Columbia. It is located midway along the north shore of the lake of the same name, which is to the south of the town of Burns Lake-References:...
- Fraser LakeFraser Lake, British ColumbiaFraser Lake is a village in northern British Columbia, Canada. It is located on the southwest side of Fraser Lake between Burns Lake and Vanderhoof alongside the Yellowhead Highway....
(Village) - FruitvaleFruitvale, British ColumbiaFruitvale is a village located in south-eastern British Columbia in the West Kootenay region.It is located 16 km east of the city of Trail along Highway 3B.-Geography:...
(Village) - Fulford HarbourFulford Harbour, British ColumbiaFulford Harbour is a residential community on the southeast side of Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, located near the island's southern end...
- Furry CreekFurry Creek, British ColumbiaFurry Creek is a community in the Canadian province of British Columbia, located on Howe Sound in the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, north of Vancouver and south of Squamish. The creek was named in the 1870s after early prospector and settler Oliver Furry...
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- Galena BayGalena Bay, British ColumbiaGalena Bay is an unincorporated locality on the bay of the same name on Upper Arrow Lake in British Columbia, Canada.Galena Bay is the location of a terminal of the Upper Arrow Lakes Ferry. This linking Galena Bay to Shelter Bay, the link forming part of British Columbia Highway 23 from Nakusp to...
- GangesGanges, British ColumbiaGanges, British Columbia is an unincorporated community on Salt Spring Island in the province of British Columbia, Canada.-History:Ganges Harbour, from which Ganges takes its name, was originally called Admiralty Bay but was renamed by Captain Richards in 1859 for the , which was at the Pacific...
- GibsonsGibsons, British ColumbiaGibsons is a coastal community of 4,200 located in southwestern British Columbia, Canada on the Strait of Georgia. It is the main marine gateway to the Sunshine Coast....
(Town) - Gold BridgeGold Bridge, British ColumbiaGold Bridge is an unincorporated community in the Bridge River Country of British Columbia, Canada. Although numbering only around 250 inhabitants, Gold Bridge is the service and supply centre for the upper basin of the Bridge River Valley, which includes recreation-residential areas at the Gun...
- Gold RiverGold River, British ColumbiaGold River is a village located close to the geographic centre of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. In terms of the Island's human geography it is considered to be part of the "North Island", even though it technically is on the Island's west coast....
(Village) - GoldenGolden, British ColumbiaGolden is a town in southeastern British Columbia, Canada, located west of Calgary, Alberta and east of Vancouver.-History:Much of the town's history is tied into the Canadian Pacific Railway and the logging industry...
(Town) - GoldstreamGoldstream, British ColumbiaGoldstream is a neighbourhood of the city of Langford, on the northwest outskirts of Greater Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.The community is located just west of Langford Lake and the Trans-Canada Highway and adjacent to the river of the same name, which was the scene of a small gold rush in...
- GoodlowGoodlow, British ColumbiaGoodlow is a settlement in the Peace River Country of British Columbia, located west of Boundary Lake....
- Grand ForksGrand Forks, British Columbia-Schools:Schools in the region are operated by School District 51 Boundary which has its main office in Grand Forks but also serves Midway, Greenwood, Beaverdell, and Rock Creek....
(City) - GranisleGranisle, British ColumbiaGranisle is a village on Babine Lake in the Northern Interior of British Columbia, Canada, to the north of Topley between Burns Lake and Houston.- History :...
(Village) - GrasmereGrasmere, British ColumbiaGrasmere, British Columbia, Canada, elevation 869m, is a tiny hamlet in the East Kootenay region of British Columbia within the Regional District of East Kootenay, British Columbia...
- GreenwoodGreenwood, British ColumbiaGreenwood is a small city in south central British Columbia.It was incorporated in 1897 and was formerly one of the principal cities of the Boundary Country smelting and mining district. It earned "city" status and has retained that stature despite the population implosion following the closure of...
(City) - GrindrodGrindrod, British ColumbiaGrindrod is a settlement in British Columbia.History of Grindrod: http://www.gri.sd83.bc.ca/GrindrodHistory...
- Greenville (Nisga'aNisga'aThe Nisga’a , often formerly spelled Nishga and spelled in the Nisga’a language as Nisga’a, are an Indigenous nation or First Nation in Canada. They live in the Nass River valley of northwestern British Columbia. Their name comes from a combination of two Nisga’a words: Nisk’-"top lip" and...
Village) - GroundbirchGroundbirch, British ColumbiaGroundbirch is a community in the north east of British Columbia, Canada. It is situated on British Columbia Highway 97 approximately half way between Dawson Creek and Chetwynd. On the east side there is Progress and to the west side there is East Pine. There is a store called the Groundbirch Store...
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- HaigHaig, British ColumbiaHaig is a settlement in British Columbia....
- HagensborgHagensborg, British ColumbiaHagensborg is a small community in the Bella Coola Valley in British Columbia, Canada. Its census population in 2006 was 248. The valley was already the ancient home to the Nuxálk people when European explorers arrived. Norwegian settlers from Minnesota and Wisconsin arrived in 1894, and the town...
- HancevilleHanceville, British ColumbiaHanceville is about 90 km west of Williams Lake in the Chilcotin District of the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada. It is the main community the Stone First Nation. It is located southeast of Alexis Creek, on the north side of the Chilcotin River....
- Harrison Hot SpringsHarrison Hot Springs, British ColumbiaThe Village of Harrison Hot Springs is a small community at the southern end of Harrison Lake in the Fraser Valley of British Columbia. It is a member of the Fraser Valley Regional District; its immediate neighbour is the District of Kent and included in it, the town of Agassiz. It is a resort...
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- Hartley BayHartley Bay, British ColumbiaHartley Bay is a First Nations community on the coast of British Columbia. The village is located at the mouth of Douglas Channel, about north of Vancouver and south of Prince Rupert...
- HazeltonHazelton, British ColumbiaHazelton is a small town located at the junction of the Bulkley and Skeena Rivers in northern British Columbia, Canada. It was founded in 1866 and has a population of 293...
(District Municipality) - HedleyHedley, British ColumbiaHedley is an unincorporated town in southern British Columbia, Canada, named after Robert R. Hedley, the manager of the Hall Smelter in Nelson. Hedley is located at the foot of Nickel Plate Mountain in the Similkameen. The town had a population of approximately 400 as of 2005. In the early...
- Heffley CreekHeffley Creek, British ColumbiaHeffley Creek is a neighbourhood along the Yellowhead Highway in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. Heffley Creek is bordered by the Thompson River to the West, Sun Peaks to the east, Rayleigh to the south, and Vinsula to the north. It contains a neighbourhood general store, community hall and...
- Heriot BayHeriot Bay, British ColumbiaHeriot Bay is the principal settlement on Quadra Island in British Columbia, Canada.Heriot Bay hosts a ferry terminal which is used by BC Ferries to sail between Heriot Bay and Whaletown on Cortes Island....
- HixonHixon, British ColumbiaHixon is an unincorporated community at the northern edge of the Cariboo region of the Central Interior region of British Columbia, Canada. It is located on the east bank of the Fraser River, and is about midway along BC Highway 97 between the cities of Prince George and Quesnel...
- HolbergHolberg, British ColumbiaHolberg is a small settlement on northern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. The community was established in the early 1900s by Danish settlers who named their new home in honour of Baron Ludwig Holberg....
- Honeymoon BayHoneymoon Bay, British ColumbiaHoneymoon Bay is an unincorporated community in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is located on Cowichan Lake in the southeastern part of Vancouver Island — approximately northwest of Victoria — at . In 2001, its population was listed as 629....
- HopeHope, British ColumbiaHope is a district municipality located at the confluence of the Fraser and Coquihalla rivers in the province of British Columbia, Canada. Hope is at the eastern end of both the Fraser Valley and the Lower Mainland region, and is at the southern end of the Fraser Canyon...
(Town) - HorseflyHorsefly, British ColumbiaHorsefly, formerly known as Harper's Camp, is an unincorporated community in the Cariboo region of British Columbia, Canada. It is located between the Cariboo Mountains and Quesnel Lake and borders Wells Gray Provincial Park....
(District Municipality) - HoustonHouston, British ColumbiaHouston is a forestry, mining and tourism town in the Bulkley Valley of the Northern Interior of British Columbia, Canada. Its urban population is approximately 3600 people, with approximately 2000 in the surrounding rural area. It is known as the "Steelhead Capital" and it has the world's largest...
(District Municipality) - Hudson's HopeHudson's Hope, British ColumbiaHudson's Hope is a district municipality in northeastern British Columbia, Canada, in the Peace River Regional District. It covers an area of with a population of 1,157 people. Having been first settled in 1805, it is the third oldest community in the province, although it was not incorporated...
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- Jackson BayJackson Bay, British ColumbiaJackson Bay is a settlement in British Columbia....
- JacksonsJacksons, British ColumbiaJacksons is a settlement in British Columbia....
- JuskatlaJuskatla, British ColumbiaJuskatla is a settlement on Juskatla Inlet, a sidewater off the southern end of Masset Inlet on Graham Island, the largest and northernmost of the Queen Charlotte Islands on the North Coast of British Columbia, Canada....
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- KaledenKaleden, British ColumbiaKaleden is a small historic community located minutes south of Penticton in the Okanagan valley in the province of British Columbia Canada. Overlooking Skaha Lake, Kaleden is made up of picturesque vineyards and lakeview orchards. Visitors are offered a relaxed environment with good bed and...
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- Keats LandingKeats Landing, British ColumbiaKeats Landing is a settlement in British Columbia....
- KeefersKeefers, British ColumbiaKeefers is a settlement in British Columbia....
- KelownaKelownaKelowna is a city on Okanagan Lake in the Okanagan Valley, in the southern interior of British Columbia, Canada. Its name derives from a Okanagan language term for "grizzly bear"...
(City) - KeremeosKeremeos, British ColumbiaKeremeos is a village in the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada. The name originated from the Similkameen dialect of the Okanagan language word "Keremeyeus" meaning "creek which cuts its way through the flats" referring to Keremeos Creek which flows down from the Upper Benchlands to the...
(Village) - KimberleyKimberley, British ColumbiaKimberley is a small city in southeast British Columbia, Canada along Highway 95A between the Purcell and Rocky Mountains. Kimberley was named in 1896 after the Kimberley mine in South Africa. From 1917 to 2001, it was the home to the world's largest lead-zinc mine, the Sullivan Mine...
(City) - Kingcome InletKingcome Inlet, British ColumbiaKingcome Inlet is a settlement in British Columbia....
- KinnairdKinnaird, British ColumbiaKinnaird is a neighbourhood in Castlegar, British Columbia. It consists of the southern half of the city. It was incorporated as a village on August 6, 1948. It later amalgamated with the Town of Castlegar January 1, 1974 to form the City of Castlegar. It is the location of Kinnaird Elementary...
(Castlegar) - KispioxKispiox, British ColumbiaKispiox is a Gitxsan village of approximately 550 in the Kispiox Valley, at the confluence of the Kispiox and Skeena Rivers in British Columbia...
- KitimatKitimat, British ColumbiaKitimat is a coastal city in northwestern British Columbia, in the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine. The Kitimat Valley, which includes the adjacent community of Terrace, is the most populous urban district in Northwest British Columbia...
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- Lac la HacheLac La Hache, British ColumbiaLac La Hache is a recreational and retirement community in the Cariboo region of British Columbia, Canada. Located on the shore of Lac La Hache alongside British Columbia Highway 97 near the regional centre of 100 Mile House, the community's origins date to the days of the Cariboo Gold Rush and...
- Lac le JeuneLac le Jeune, British ColumbiaLac le Jeune is a settlement in British Columbia....
- LadnerLadner, British ColumbiaLadner was created as a fishing village on the banks of the Fraser River. It is a part of the Municipality of Delta, British Columbia, Canada, and a suburb of Vancouver....
(Delta) - LadysmithLadysmith, British ColumbiaLadysmith is a town located on the 49th parallel on the east coast of Vancouver Island British Columbia, Canada. The local economy is based on forestry, tourism and agriculture. A hillside location adjacent to a sheltered harbour form the natural characteristics of the community., the population...
(Town) - LaidlawLaidlaw, British ColumbiaLaidlaw is an unincorporated settlement in the Upper Fraser Valley region of British Columbia, Canada, located just west of the westernmost boundary of Hope, British Columbia on the south side of the Fraser River and along the Trans-Canada Highway....
(Hope) - Lake CountryLake Country, British ColumbiaLake Country is a District Municipality with a population of approximately 10,000 in the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada. The city of Kelowna lies to the south, while the city of Vernon lies to the north. As its name suggests, there are a number of lakes in the vicinity of Lake Country,...
(District municipality) - Lake CowichanLake Cowichan, British ColumbiaCowichan Lake is a large freshwater lake located on southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. It is located along the Cowichan Valley in the Cowichan Valley Regional District, with its eastern shore about west of Duncan, British Columbia. Cowichan Lake is about in length, running...
(Town) - LangdaleLangdale, British ColumbiaLangdale is a small community on the Sunshine Coast of southern British Columbia. It is set in a verdant environment characteristic of many small BC communities. Its main feature is the BC Ferries terminal that links the Sunshine Coast to Vancouver via Horseshoe Bay, with connecting foot-passenger...
- LangfordLangford, British ColumbiaLangford is a city of 22,459 residents on southern Vancouver Island, within the province of British Columbia, Canada. It is considered one of Greater Victoria's Western Communities...
(City) - LangleyLangley, British Columbia (city)The City of Langley is a municipality in Metro Vancouver. It lies directly east of the City of Surrey, adjacent to Cloverdale, and surrounded on the north, east and south by Township of Langley.-History:...
(City) - LangleyLangley, British Columbia (district municipality)The Township of Langley is a district municipality immediately east of the City of Surrey in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It extends south from the Fraser River to the U.S. border, and west of the City of Abbotsford...
(District Municipality) - LantzvilleLantzville, British ColumbiaLantzville is a coastal community on the east side of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada along the western shore of Strait of Georgia and immediately north of the City of Nanaimo, British Columbia....
- LardeauLardeauLardeau, originally spelled Lardo, is an unincorporated community and former mining town near the north end of Kootenay Lake in the West Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, Canada...
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- LillooetLillooet, British ColumbiaLillooet is a community on the Fraser River in western Canada, about up the British Columbia Railway line from Vancouver. Situated at an intersection of deep gorges in the lee of the Coast Mountains, it has a dry climate- of precipitation is recorded annually at the town's weather station,...
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- Little FortLittle Fort, British ColumbiaLittle Fort is a small community on the west bank of North Thompson River in the interior of British Columbia, Canada. It is some north of Kamloops.The community is located at the junction of Highway 5 and Highway 24 in British Columbia, Canada...
- Logan LakeLogan Lake, British ColumbiaLogan Lake is a district municipality in the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada.It was founded in the 1960s and 70s to support copper, molybdenum and other mineral mining operations located south of the town. The Village of Logan Lake was incorporated in November 1970, and was...
(Municipal District) - Lone ButteLone Butte, British ColumbiaLone Butte is an unincorporated community in the South Cariboo region of the Interior of British Columbia, Canada, north-east of 70 Mile House on the north side of Green Lake and near the butte of the same name...
- Louis CreekLouis Creek, British ColumbiaLouis Creek, an unincorporated settlement in the Interior of British Columbia, Canada, located at the mouth of Louis Creek on the North Thompson River was named after Louis Barrie and François Lavieur who prospected there in 1860, finding some gold, so that the stream became known as Louis or...
- Lower PostLower Post, British ColumbiaLower Post is an aboriginal community in northwestern British Columbia, Canada, located on Highway 97, the Alaska Highway, approximately 15 miles southeast of Watson Lake, Yukon. Its historical mile designation is Mile 620...
- LucasLucas, British ColumbiaLucas is a settlement in British Columbia....
- LumbyLumby, British ColumbiaLumby is a small community of 1,804, located at the northeast corner of the Okanagan Valley, in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is mainly a logging, manufacturing and agriculture community, but tourism is a growing trend within the area....
- LundLund, British ColumbiaLund is a small craft harbour and unincorporated village in Powell River District, British Columbia, Canada. It is located along the northern part of the Strait of Georgia on the mainland BC coast. The main landmark in the village is the Lund Hotel, established in 1905...
- LyttonLytton, British ColumbiaLytton in British Columbia, Canada, sits at the confluence of the Thompson River and Fraser River on the east side of the Fraser. The location has been inhabited by the Nlaka'pamux people for over 10,000 years, and is one of the earliest locations settled by non-natives in the Southern Interior of...
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- MackenzieMackenzie, British ColumbiaMackenzie is a District Municipality within the Fraser-Fort George Regional District in central British Columbia, Canada. The settlement is located at the south end of Williston Lake. The townsite, established by Alexandra Forest Industries, was named for Sir Alexander MacKenzie . Mackenzie's two...
(District Municipality) - Madeira ParkMadeira Park, British ColumbiaMadeira Park is an unincorporated community in the area of Pender Harbour on the Sunshine Coast of southwest British Columbia, Canada. It was named for pioneer Joe Gonsalves' fond childhood memories of Madeira Island.-External links:...
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- Mansons LandingMansons Landing, British ColumbiaMansons Landing is an unincorporated community near the southern tip of Cortes Island, British Columbia, Canada.It was originally the location of the Cortes Island Post Office [sic], which opened April 1, 1893 with Michael Manson as postmaster, and closed December 1, 1898. The post office was...
- Maple RidgeMaple Ridge, British ColumbiaMaple Ridge is a District Municipality in British Columbia, located in the northeastern section of Metro Vancouver. Maple Ridge has a population of approximately 68,949.-History:...
(District Municipality) - MassetMasset, British ColumbiaMasset , formerly Massett, is a village in Haida Gwaii in British Columbia, Canada. It is located on the northern coast of Graham Island, the largest island in the archipelago, and is approximately west of mainland British Columbia. It is the western terminus of the Yellowhead Highway...
(Village) - McBrideMcBride, British ColumbiaSituated on the Yellowhead Highway , McBride is a small community in the Robson Valley region of British Columbia, Canada, located southeast of Prince George, west of the Alberta border, and west of Jasper, Alberta....
- McClureMcClure, British ColumbiaMcClure is a settlement in British Columbia. Carl's fruit stand on the Yellowhead Highway is a popular stop for tourists....
- MerrittMerritt, British ColumbiaMerritt is a city in the Nicola Valley of the south-central Interior of British Columbia, Canada. Situated at the confluence of the Nicola and Coldwater rivers, it is the first major community encountered after travelling along Phase One of the Coquihalla Highway and acts as the gateway to all...
(City) - MervilleMerville, British ColumbiaMerville is an unincorporated community in the Comox Valley between the City of Courtenay, Mount Washington, Dove Creek, and Black Creek near the east coast of Vancouver Island...
- MetchosinMetchosin, British ColumbiaThe District of Metchosin is a small, coastal community in the metro Greater Victoria region of British Columbia. It is part of the Western Communities and one of the 13 regional municipalities. Many Metchosinites are small farmers . Most are retired or work outside the community...
(District Municipality) - Mill BayMill Bay, British ColumbiaMill Bay is a commuter town of about 3,200 people located on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada about north of Victoria, the capital.Mill Bay was founded in the 1860s with lumber and milling as its primary industries, done at the mill on the bay...
- MissionMission, British ColumbiaMission, the core of which was formerly known as Mission City, is a district municipality in the province of British Columbia, Canada. It is situated on the north bank of the Fraser River overlooking the City of Abbotsford and with that city is part of the Central Fraser Valley. Mission is the...
(District Municipality) - Moberly LakeMoberly Lake (British Columbia)Moberly Lake along British Columbia Highway 29 in northern British Columbia, Canada, is named for Henry John Moberly, a fur trader that lived on the lake. It is served by the Chetwynd Royal Canadian Mounted Police detachment.-External links:*...
- MontneyMontney, British ColumbiaMontney is an unincorporated locality located in British Columbia about north of Fort St. John, near Beatton Provincial Park.It lies at an elevation of , along the BC Rail tracks....
- MontroseMontrose, British ColumbiaMontrose is a village located in south-eastern British Columbia in the West Kootenay region.It is located 7 km east of the city of Trail along Highway 3B.-Geography:The village of Montrose is built on a mountain ledge leading to Beaver Valley...
(Village) - Moresby CampMoresby Camp, British ColumbiaMoresby Camp is a settlement in British Columbia....
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- Mount CurrieMount Currie, British ColumbiaMount Currie is a small community in British Columbia, 164 kilometres north-west of Vancouver and 40 kilometres north-west of Whistler along Highway 99....
- Mount LehmanMount Lehman, British ColumbiaMount Lehman or Mt. Lehman is a small rural community located in the Fraser Valley of southwestern British Columbia, Canada...
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- NakuspNakusp, British ColumbiaThe Village of Nakusp is a small community located on the shores of Upper Arrow Lake, a portion of the Columbia River, in the West Kootenay region of British Columbia...
(Village) - NamuNamu, British ColumbiaNamu is a small fishing port, former cannery town and First Nations community on the coast of British Columbia, Canada. It is located about southwest of Bella Coola or SSE of Bella Bella, on the mainland shore of the Inside Passage ferry route directly opposite Hunter Island, and just south of...
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- Nanoose BayNanoose Bay, British ColumbiaNanoose Bay is a community of about 5 000 people in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is located between Nanaimo and Parksville on the Strait of Georgia on the east coast of Vancouver Island. The town is named after a First Nations band related to the Nanaimo Indians...
- NaramataNaramata, British Columbia-External links:*...
- Nass CampNass Camp, British ColumbiaNass Camp is a settlement in British Columbia.-Climate:-References:...
- NelsonNelson, British ColumbiaNelson is a city located in the Selkirk Mountains on the extreme West Arm of Kootenay Lake in the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada. Known as "The Queen City", and acknowledged for its impressive collection of restored heritage buildings from its glory days in a regional silver rush,...
(City) - Nemaiah ValleyNemaiah Valley, British ColumbiaNemaiah Valley, also spelled Nemiah Valley and Nemaia Valley, is an unincorporated locality and First Nations reserve and ranching community between Chilko Lake and the Taseko Lakes in the Chilcotin District of the Central Interior of British Columbia.It is the home of the Xeni Gwet'in band of the...
- NesikepNesikep, British ColumbiaNesikep is an unincorporated settlement in British Columbia, located at the mouth of Nesikep Creek in the Fraser Canyon, to the south of Lillooet and southeast of Texas Creek. It is primarily defined by Nesikep Indian Reserve No. 6 and Nesikep Indian Reserve No. 6A. Nesikep Indian Reserve No...
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- New BrightonNew Brighton, British ColumbiaNew Brighton is a settlement in British Columbia....
- New DenverNew Denver, British ColumbiaNew Denver is a village in southeastern British Columbia, Canada, along the shore of Slocan Lake. New Denver was founded as a mining town in 1892, and briefly known as Eldorado City before being renamed after Denver, Colorado. It was incorporated as a village in 1929 and currently has approximately...
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- Nimpo LakeNimpo Lake, British ColumbiaNimpo Lake is an unincororporated community and of the Tsilhqot'in people, located on the east shore of Nimpo Lake in the Chilcotin District of the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada. It is located on BC Highway 20.-References:*...
- North PineNorth Pine, British ColumbiaNorth Pine is a settlement in British Columbia....
- North SaanichNorth Saanich, British ColumbiaNorth Saanich is located on the Saanich Peninsula, approximately 25 km north of Victoria, British Columbia on southern Vancouver Island...
- North VancouverNorth Vancouver, British Columbia (city)The City of North Vancouver is a waterfront municipality on the north shore of Burrard Inlet, directly across from Vancouver, British Columbia. It is the smallest of the three North Shore municipalities, and the most urbanized as well...
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- Oak BayOak Bay, British ColumbiaOak Bay is a municipality located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, in the Canadian Province of British Columbia, Canada. A member municipality of the Capital Regional District, it is a community east of and adjacent to the City of Victoria...
(District Municipality) - Ocean FallsOcean Falls, British ColumbiaOcean Falls is a community on the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada. Formerly a large company town owned by Crown Zellerbach, it is only accessible via boat or seaplane, and is home for a few dozen full-time residents, with the seasonal population upwards of 100.-Geography and...
- Okanagan FallsOkanagan Falls, British ColumbiaOkanagan Falls is a community located on the south end of Skaha Lake in British Columbia. Originally named Dogtown, which was derived from the name Dog Lake , the current name derives from the former small set of the falls that used to lie on the Okanagan River at the outlet of the lake.-References:...
- OlallaOlalla, British ColumbiaOlalla is an unincorporated settlement in the South Okanagan region of the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada, located southwest of Penticton and just north of Keremeos...
- OliverOliver, British ColumbiaOliver is a community at the south end of the Okanagan Valley in the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada, with a population of 4370. The community of Oliver is made up of land governed by three different bodies: the Town of Oliver, the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen and the...
(Town) - Ootischenia
- OsoyoosOsoyoos, British ColumbiaOsoyoos is a town in the southern part of the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia near the border with Washington state. The town is also adjacent to the Indian Reserve of the Osoyoos Indian Band. The origin of the name Osoyoos was the word suius meaning "narrowing of the waters" in the local...
(Town) - Oyster RiverOyster River, British ColumbiaOyster River is a small community located between Campbell River, BC and Black Creek, BC mainly along or shortly off of Highway 19A...
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- ParksvilleParksville, British Columbia-Demographics:Parksville had a population of 10,993 people in 2006, which was an increase of 6.5% from the 2001 census count. The median household income in 2006 for Parksville was $55,524, which is below the British Columbia provincial average of $62,346....
(Town) - PeachlandPeachland, British ColumbiaPeachland is a district municipality of approximately 5000 residents in the Okanagan Valley, on the west side of Okanagan Lake in British Columbia, Canada. It was founded in 1899 by John Moore Robinson, although the region had long been home to the Okanagan people...
(District Municipality) - PembertonPemberton, British ColumbiaPemberton is a village north of Whistler in the Pemberton Valley of British Columbia in Canada, with a population of 2,192. Until the 1960s the village could be accessed only by train but that changed when Highway 99 was built through Whistler and Pemberton.-Climate:The climate of Pemberton is...
(Village) - Penticton (City)
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- Pitt Meadows (District Municipality)
- Pleasant CampPleasant Camp, British ColumbiaPleasant Camp is a hamlet in remote Stikine Region, British Columbia, Canada.Its population was 12 in the 2001 census. All the people there claimed to be Caucasian. It has one of the highest snowfall totals in Canada...
- Poett NookPoett NookPoett Nook, British Columbia is a small cove located on the West Coast of Vancouver Island. It is on the south side of Numukamis Bay, on the east side of Barkley Sound, in the Barclay Land District. Captain Richards named this location for Dr Poett, a physician from San Francisco who had an...
- PopkumPopkum, British ColumbiaPopkum is a rural farming and tourism based community east of Chilliwack, British Columbia. The community is named after the Indian Reserve of the Popkum First Nation, which is located on the Fraser River nearby...
- Port Alberni (City)
- Port AlicePort Alice, British ColumbiaPort Alice is a small, quiet, town of approx. 821 located off on Neroutsos Inlet, northwest of Port McNeill, on Vancouver Island, originally built by Whalen Pulp and Paper Mills of Vancouver. The community is known for its natural beauty, pulp mill, and salt water fishing.-History:It was named...
- Port Coquitlam (City)
- Port DouglasPort Douglas, British ColumbiaPort Douglas, sometimes referred to simply as Douglas, is a remote community in British Columbia, Canada at the head of Harrison Lake, which is the head of river navigation from the Strait of Georgia...
- Port EdwardPort Edward, British ColumbiaThe District of Port Edward is a town of approximately 577, located on the North Coast of British Columbia, Canada.It is situated on the Tsimpsean Peninsula, opposite Ridley Island, 15 km south of Prince Rupert.-Directions:...
- Port EssingtonPort Essington, British ColumbiaPort Essington was a cannery town on the south bank of the Skeena River estuary in northwestern British Columbia, Canada, between Prince Rupert and Terrace, and at the confluence of the Skeena and Ecstall Rivers. It was founded in 1871 by Robert Cunningham and Thomas Hankin and was for a time...
- Port HardyPort Hardy, British ColumbiaPort Hardy is a district municipality in British Columbia, Canada located on the north-eastern coast of Vancouver Island. Port Hardy has a population of 3822 at last census...
- Port McNeillPort McNeill, British ColumbiaPort McNeill is a town in the North Island region of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada with a population of 2,623 . Located on Vancouver Island's north-east shore on Queen Charlotte Strait, it was originally a base camp for loggers, Port McNeill became a settlement in 1936...
(Town) - Port MellonPort Mellon, British ColumbiaPort Mellon is a settlement in British Columbia....
- Port Moody (City)
- Port RenfrewPort Renfrew, British ColumbiaPort Renfrew is a community on the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, located approximately 2 hours' drive west of Victoria, British Columbia. Port Renfrew is the western terminus of the Juan de Fuca Trail. Tall Tree Music Festival also calls Port Renfrew home, proving to be...
- Pouce CoupePouce Coupe, British ColumbiaThe Village of Pouce Coupe is a small town in northeastern British Columbia, Canada, and a member municipality of the Peace River Regional District. It was originally named 'Pouskapie's Prairie', after the name of the local native band chief...
(Village) - Powell RiverPowell River, British ColumbiaPowell River is a city on the northern Sunshine Coast of southwestern British Columbia, Canada. Most of its population lives near the eastern shores of Malaspina Strait, that part of the larger Georgia Strait between Texada Island and the Mainland...
(City) - PrespatouPrespatou, British ColumbiaPrespatou is a settlement in British Columbia. It is located approx 80km north of Fort St John. It is a tight-knit community with the majority of the residents being German-speaking mennonites. It has a convenience store and gas station and a public school that has both elementary grades and...
- Prince GeorgePrince George, British ColumbiaPrince George, with a population of 71,030 , is the largest city in northern British Columbia, Canada, and is known as "BC's Northern Capital"...
(City) - Prince RupertPrince Rupert, British ColumbiaPrince Rupert is a port city in the province of British Columbia, Canada. It is the land, air, and water transportation hub of British Columbia's North Coast, and home to some 12,815 people .-History:...
(City) - PrincetonPrinceton, British ColumbiaPrinceton is a small town in the Similkameen region of southern British Columbia, Canada. It lies just east of the Cascade Mountains, which continue south into Washington, Oregon and California. The Tulameen and Similkameen Rivers converge here...
(Town) - ProgressProgress, British ColumbiaProgress is a settlement in British Columbia....
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- QualicumQualicum, British ColumbiaQualicum is a settlement in British Columbia.-References:...
- Qualicum BeachQualicum Beach, British ColumbiaQualicum Beach is a town in the Regional District of Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. As of the 2006 census, the town had 8,502 people.On the Strait of Georgia on the north-eastern coast of Vancouver Island in the shadow of Mount Arrowsmith, the community has been a popular tourist destination,...
(Town) - Quathiaski CoveQuathiaski Cove, British ColumbiaQuathiaski Cove is a settlement on Quadra Island in British Columbia.Quathiaski cove is the commercial hub of Quadra Island and point of arrival for the regular BC Ferries service between Campbell River on Vancouver Island and Quadra Island....
- QuatsinoQuatsino, British ColumbiaQuatsino is a small hamlet of 91 people located on Quatsino Sound in Northern Vancouver Island, Canada only accessible by boat or float plane. Its nearest neighbour is Coal Harbour, to the east, about 20 minutes away by boat, and Port Alice, to the south, about 40 minutes away by boat...
- Queen Charlotte City (Village)
- QuesnelQuesnel, British Columbia-Demographics:Quesnel had a population of 9,326 people in 2006, which was a decrease of 7.1% from the 2001 census count. The median household income in 2005 for Quesnel was $54,044, which is slightly above the British Columbia provincial average of $52,709....
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- Radium Hot SpringsRadium Hot Springs, British ColumbiaRadium Hot Springs is a village of approximately 800 people situated in the East Kootenay region of British Columbia. The village is named for the hot springs located in the nearby Kootenay National Park...
- RedroofsRedroofs, British ColumbiaRedroofs is an unincorporated settlement in British Columbia, located south of Halfmoon Bay on the Sunshine Coast....
- RevelstokeRevelstoke, British ColumbiaRevelstoke is a city in southeastern British Columbia, Canada. It is located east of Vancouver, and west of Calgary, Alberta. The city is situated on the banks of the Columbia River just south of the Revelstoke Dam and near its confluence with the Illecillewaet River...
(City) - RichmondRichmond, British ColumbiaRichmond is a coastal city, incorporated in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Part of Metro Vancouver, its neighbouring communities are Vancouver and Burnaby to the north, New Westminster to the east, and Delta to the south, while the Strait of Georgia forms its western border...
(City) - River JordanRiver Jordan, British ColumbiaJordan River, founded as and still officially gazetteted as River Jordan, is a small settlement on the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, located approximately west of Victoria....
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- RobsonRobson, British ColumbiaRobson is an unincorporated settlement in the West Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada. It is immediately north across the Columbia River from the city of Castlegar, on the west bank of the mouth of Pass Creek. Across Pass Creek on the same side of the Columbia is Raspberry, which was...
- Rock BayRock Bay, British ColumbiaRock Bay is a settlement in British Columbia....
- Rock CreekRock Creek, British ColumbiaRock Creek is an unincorporated settlement in the Boundary Country of the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada. Located at the confluence of the Kettle River with the eponymous Rock Creek, site of the Rock Creek Gold Rush of 1860, the community also lies at the junction of British...
- RollaRolla, British ColumbiaRolla is a small historic farming community in the Peace River district of North Eastern British Columbia. It was first founded about 1912 as a way stop and steamer landing on the Peace River. Farms were established as the prairie was open, and the soil was rich...
- Rose PrairieRose Prairie, British ColumbiaRose Prairie is a settlement in British Columbia....
- RosedaleRosedale, British ColumbiaRosedale is a farming-based community located in Chilliwack, British Columbia. It serves as a base for many tourists, both in summer and winter. The hills and valleys of British Columbia are popular skiing, snowboarding and dogsledding locations...
(Chilliwack) - RosslandRossland, British ColumbiaRossland is a city in the West Kootenay region of British Columbia.Tucked high in the Monashee Mountains, Rossland is at an elevation of 1023 metres . Population today is approximately 3500; a number that fluctuates from season to season. The population is at its peak during the winter...
(City) - RosswoodRosswood, British ColumbiaRosswood is a settlement in British Columbia.-Climate:-References:...
- RoyRoy, British ColumbiaRoy was a cannery town on the South Coast of British Columbia, Canada, located on Loughborough Inlet north of the town of Campbell River and the Discovery Islands....
- RoystonRoyston, British ColumbiaRoyston is a small hamlet which is part of the greater Comox Valley region, 100 km northwest of Nanaimo on Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. It is situated across the harbour from Comox and just southeast of the municipal boundary of Courtenay...
- RuskinRuskin, British ColumbiaRuskin is a rural and industrial area about 40 kilometres east of Vancouver, British Columbia straddling the border between the suburban municipalities of Maple Ridge and Mission, on the west bank of the lower Stave River.-History:...
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- SaanichSaanich, British ColumbiaThe District of Saanich is a municipality on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. It is located north of the provincial capital, Victoria. It has a population of 108,265 people, making it the most populous municipality on Vancouver Island, and the seventh most populous in the province...
(City) - SalmoSalmo, British ColumbiaSalmo is a village in the West Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, Canada. It is located in the Salmo River Valley, surrounded by the Selkirk Mountain range....
(Village) - Salmon ArmSalmon Arm, British Columbia-Climate:- Education :Public schools in Salmon Arm are part of School District 83 North Okanagan-Shuswap; within the city limits, there are currently five elementary schools , one middle school , and a secondary school with two campuses...
(City) - SaltairSaltair, British ColumbiaSaltair is an unincorporated community with a population of 1,800 on the east coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada located between Chemainus and Ladysmith. It is within the Cowichan Valley Regional District....
- SandspitSandspit, British ColumbiaSandspit is the largest community on Moresby Island, in Haida Gwaii off the Pacific coast of British Columbia, Canada. The unincorporated community had a population of 538 persons as of the 2001 census...
- SavonaSavona, British ColumbiaSavona is a small community located at the west end of Kamloops Lake, where the Thompson River exits it. It is approximately halfway between Kamloops and Cache Creek along the Trans-Canada Highway...
- SardisSardis, British ColumbiaSardis is a small community located within Chilliwack five kilometres south of Downtown Chilliwack in the Fraser River Valley located to the south of British Columbia Highway 1. Sardis includes many of Chilliwack's shopping malls and big box stores.-Climate:...
(Chilliwack) - SecheltSechelt, British ColumbiaThe District Municipality of Sechelt is on the lower Sunshine Coast of British Columbia. Approximately 50 km northwest of Vancouver, Sechelt is accessible to the mainland of British Columbia via a 40 minute ferry trip between Horseshoe Bay and Langdale, and a 25 minute drive from Langdale...
(District Municipality) - SemahquamSamahquam First NationSamahquam First Nation, aka the Semahquam First Nation are a band of the In-SHUCK-ch Nation, a subgroup of the larger St'at'imc people . The Douglas, Skatin and Samahquam communities are related through familial ties as well as culturally and linguistically...
- Seton PortageSeton Portage, British ColumbiaSeton Portage is a historic rural community in British Columbia, Canada, that is about 25 km west of Lillooet, located between Seton Lake and Anderson Lake. "The Portage" was formed about 10,000 years ago when the flank of the Cayoosh Range, which is the south flank of the valley, let go and...
- Seymour ArmSeymour Arm, British ColumbiaSeymour Arm, known historically also as Ogdensville or Ogden City and Seymour, is an unincorporated area and former town located at the head of the inlet of the same name on Shuswap Lake in British Columbia, Canada...
- ShalalthShalalth, British ColumbiaShalalth, pop. c. 400, is one of the main communities of the Seton Lake Band of the St'at'imc Nation and location of the two main powerhouses of the Bridge River Power Project....
- Shaw SpringsShaw Springs, British ColumbiaShaw Springs is a settlement in British Columbia....
- Shawnigan LakeShawnigan Lake, British ColumbiaShawnigan Lake is a village on British Columbia's Vancouver Island. The name Shawnigan is an adaptation of the Hunquminum name for the Shawnigan Lake, the lake the village is situated at, Shaanii'us...
- SicamousSicamous, British ColumbiaSicamous, British Columbia is a town in British Columbia located adjacent to the Trans-Canada Highway at the Highway 97A junction of Mara Lake and the Shuswap Lake system. It is known as a popular all season tourist destination attracting visitors from throughout Canada and around the world...
(District Municipality) - SiskaSiska, British ColumbiaSiska, also known historically as Cisco, is a locality in the Fraser Canyon of British Columbia, Canada 9.4 kilometres south of the town of Lytton. It is at Siska that the Canadian Pacific and Canadian National Railways switch from one side of the river to the other, due to the impossibility of...
- SkookumchuckSkookumchuck, British ColumbiaSkookumchuck is a Canadian town in the East Kootenay region of the province of British Columbia, along British Columbia highway 93/95 at the junction of the Kootenay and Lussier Rivers.-Industry:...
- Skookumchuck Hot Springs (Skatin)Skookumchuck Hot Springs, British ColumbiaT'sek Hot Springs, near the First Nation community of Skookumchuck and more recently as Skatin is on the historic Harrison Lillooet Gold Rush trail in the Lillooet River valley, south of Lillooet Lake, in British Columbia, Canada...
- SidneySidney, British ColumbiaSidney is a town located at the northern end of the Saanich Peninsula, on Vancouver Island in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is one of the 13 Greater Victoria municipalities. It has a population of approximately 11,300. Sidney is located just east of Victoria International Airport,...
(City) - SilverdaleSilverdale, British ColumbiaSilverdale is a semi-rural neighbourhood of the District of Mission, British Columbia, Canada c. 40 km east of Vancouver on the west bank of the Stave River at its confluence with the Fraser. Noted for its historic Italian Canadian community, its economy was farming, fishing and logging based...
(Mission) - SilverhillSilverhill, British ColumbiaSilverhill is a settlement in British Columbia....
(Mission) - Skidegate
- SlocanSlocan, British ColumbiaThe Village of Slocan, commonly known as Slocan City, is a village in the Slocan Valley of the West Kootenay region of the southeastern Interior of British Columbia, Canada...
(Village) - SmithersSmithers, British ColumbiaSmithers is a town located in northwestern British Columbia, Canada, approximately halfway between Prince George and Prince Rupert. Smithers is located in the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako....
(Town) - Soda Creek
- SointulaSointula, British ColumbiaSointula is an isolated village on Malcolm Island in British Columbia, Canada. Lying between Vancouver Island and the British Columbia mainland, northeast of Port McNeill and not far from Alert Bay, the island is part of the historic and present territory of the 'Namgis First Nation...
- SookeSooke, British ColumbiaSooke is a district municipality situated on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, Canada. About a 45 minute drive from the city of Victoria , Sooke is considered the westernmost of the Greater Victoria region's "Western Communities." It is situated to the north and west of the Sooke...
(City) - SparwoodSparwood, British Columbia-Newspapers:* Fernie Free Press - Weekly Paper* Elk Valley Herald - Weekly Paper* Kootenay News Advertiser - Weekly Paper* The Valley - Weekly Paper* Fernie Fix - Monthly Glossy Magazine* Black Rock News - Semimonthly-Radio stations:...
(District Municipality) - Spences BridgeSpences Bridge, British ColumbiaSpences Bridge is a community in the Canadian province of British Columbia, situated 23 miles north east of Lytton and 32 miles from Ashcroft. In 1892, the population included 32 people of European ancestry and 130 First Nations people. There were 5 general stores, 3 hotels, one Church of England...
- SpuzzumSpuzzum, British ColumbiaSpuzzum is an unincorporated settlement in British Columbia, Canada. Because it is on the Trans-Canada Highway, approximately 50 km north of the community of Hope, it is often referred to as being "beyond Hope"...
- SquamishSquamish, British ColumbiaSquamish is a community and a district municipality in the Canadian province of British Columbia, located at the north end of Howe Sound on the Sea to Sky Highway...
(District Municipality) - SquilaxSquilax, British ColumbiaSquilax is a settlement in British Columbia....
(Chase) - Stave FallsStave Falls, British ColumbiaStave Falls is a rural community located in northwestern Mission, British Columbia, Canada.-External links:****...
and Stave Gardens (Mission) - SteelheadSteelhead, British ColumbiaSteelhead is a settlement in British Columbia located north of Mission BC and east of Stave Lake....
(Mission) - Steveston (City of Richmond)Steveston, British ColumbiaSteveston was originally a small town near Vancouver, British Columbia, but has since been absorbed into the city of Richmond, British Columbia....
- StewartStewart, British ColumbiaStewart is a small town, incorporated as a district municipality at the head of the Portland Canal in northwestern British Columbia, Canada. In 2006, its population was about 496.-History:...
- SummerlandSummerland, British ColumbiaSummerland is a community on the west side of Okanagan Lake in the interior of British Columbia, Canada. The district is between Peachland to the north and Penticton to the south...
(District Municipality) - Sunset PrairieSunset Prairie, British ColumbiaSunset Prairie is a settlement in British Columbia....
- SurreySurrey, British ColumbiaSurrey is a city in the province of British Columbia, Canada. It is a member municipality of Metro Vancouver, the governing body of the Greater Vancouver Regional District...
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- TachieTachie, British ColumbiaTachie is a settlement in British Columbia....
- TaftTaft, British ColumbiaTaft is a settlement in British Columbia....
- TahsisTahsis, British ColumbiaTahsis is a village on the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, about 300 km northwest of the provincial capital Victoria at . It has 300 residents and used to be dependent on forestry, although now the economy is moving towards outdoor recreation and tourism.The village is...
(Village) - TappenTappen, British ColumbiaTappen is a settlement in British Columbia....
- Tarry'sTarry's, British ColumbiaTarry's is a settlement in British Columbia....
(Castlegar District) - TaylorTaylor, British ColumbiaThe District of Taylor is a small town in northeastern British Columbia, Canada, located on mile 36 of the Alaska Highway. Taylor, a member municipality of the Peace River Regional District, covers an area of about 17 km² with 1,380 residents. As it is just south of the much larger city of...
- Telegraph CoveTelegraph Cove, British ColumbiaTelegraph Cove is a community of about 20 on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, located approximately northwest of Campbell River. It is a former fishing and cannery village that has become a launch point for eco-tourism...
- Telegraph CreekTelegraph Creek, British ColumbiaTelegraph Creek is a small community located off Highway 37 in Northern British Columbia at the confluence of the Stikine River and Telegraph Creek. The only permanent settlement on the Stikine River, it is home to approximately 350 members of the Tahltan First Nation, as well as another 50...
- TelkwaTelkwa, British ColumbiaTelkwa is a village located along British Columbia Highway 16, nearly 15 km southeast of the town of Smithers and 350 km west of the city of Prince George, in northwest British Columbia, Canada....
- TerraceTerrace, British ColumbiaTerrace is a city on the Skeena River in British Columbia, Canada. The Kitselas people, a tribe of the Tsimshian Nation, have lived in the Terrace area for thousands of years. The community population fell between 2001 and 2006 from 12,109 with a regional population of 19,980 to 11,320 and...
(City) - Tête Jaune CacheTête Jaune Cache, British ColumbiaTête Jaune Cache is an unincorporated rural area and the site of an important abandoned historic town in British Columbia, Canada. Its population is approximately 500. It is located on the Fraser River in the Robson Valley at the intersection of Yellowhead Highways 5 and 16...
- ThornhillThornhill, British ColumbiaThe community of Thornhill is an unincorporated settlement of approximately 4,500 people on the east side of the Skeena River immediately across from the City of Terrace, British Columbia...
(Terrace) - ThrumsThrums, British ColumbiaThrums is a settlement in British Columbia....
(Castlegar District) - TlellTlell, British ColumbiaTlell is a small, unincorporated place on the east coast of Graham Island, which is part of Haida Gwaii in British Columbia, Canada.-History:...
- TofinoTofino, British ColumbiaTofino is a district of about 1,650 residents on the west coast of Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada, located at the western terminus of Highway 4, on the tip of the Esowista Peninsula, at the southern edge of Clayoquot Sound....
(District Municipality) - TomslakeTomslake, British ColumbiaTomslake is an unincorporated settlement in British Columbia.It is located in the Peace River Country, immediately west of the Alberta border, along Highway 2, south from Pouce Coupe, on the north side of Tate Creek, to the northwest of Swan Lake...
- TrailTrail, British ColumbiaTrail is a city in the West Kootenay region of the Interior of British Columbia, Canada.-Geography:Trail has an area of . The city is located on both banks of the Columbia River, approximately 10 km north of the United States border. This section of the Columbia River valley is located between the...
(City) - Trapp LakeTrapp Lake, British ColumbiaTrapp Lake is a settlement in British Columbia....
- Trout LakeTrout Lake, British ColumbiaTrout Lake, also known as Trout Lake City, is an unincorporated rural community and former mining and railway-speculation boomtown located at the north end of Trout Lake in the West Kootenay district of southeastern British Columbia, Canada...
(Trout Lake City) - TsawwassenTsawwassen, British ColumbiaTsawwassen is a suburban, mostly residential community located on a peninsula in the southwestern corner of the Corporation of Delta, British Columbia, Canada. Tsawwassen provides the only road access to the community of Point Roberts, Washington via 56th Street...
(Delta) - Tumbler RidgeTumbler Ridge, British ColumbiaThe District Municipality of Tumbler Ridge is a small town in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies in northeastern British Columbia, Canada, and a member municipality of the Peace River Regional District. The municipality of , with its population of 2,454 people, incorporates a townsite and a...
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- Union BayUnion Bay, British ColumbiaUnion Bay in British Columbia, Canada is a small community approximately 15 kilometres south of Courtenay, British Columbia, the largest city in the Comox Valley. Union Bay is populated by about 1200 people and is an unincorporated site within the Comox Valley Regional District...
- UskUsk, British ColumbiaUsk is a hamlet in British Columbia, Canada just off Highway 16 north-east of Terrace on the north bank of the Skeena River. Once famous for berry-growing, a flood in the 1930s destroyed most of the community. A few people still live there now. Access is by the Usk Ferry, a reaction ferry, or...
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- ValemountValemount, British ColumbiaValemount is a village of 1,018 people in east central British Columbia, Canada. It is situated between the Rocky, Monashee, and Cariboo Mountains. It is the nearest community to the west of Jasper National Park, and is also the nearest community to Mount Robson Provincial Park, which features...
(Village) - VallicanVallican, British ColumbiaVallican is a settlement in British Columbia....
- Van AndaVan Anda, British ColumbiaVan Anda, formerly spelled Vananda, is an unincoporated settlement on Texada Island in the northern Gulf of Georgia in British Columbia, Canada. It has a population of approximately 70 people...
- VancouverVancouverVancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
(City) - VanderhoofVanderhoof, British Columbia-External links:**...
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- VernonVernon, British ColumbiaVernon is a city in the south-central region of British Columbia, Canada. Named after Forbes George Vernon, a former MLA of British Columbia who helped found the famed Coldstream Ranch, the City of Vernon was incorporated on December 30, 1892. The City of Vernon has a population of 35,944 , while...
(City) - VesuviusVesuvius, British ColumbiaVesuvius, also known unofficially as Vesuvius Bay after the waters of its port, is an unincorporated settlement and ferry terminal on the northwest coast of Saltspring Island in the Gulf Islands of British Columbia, Canada...
- VictoriaVictoria, British ColumbiaVictoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian...
(City) - View RoyalView Royal, British ColumbiaView Royal is a town in Greater Victoria and a member municipality of the Capital Regional District of British Columbia, Canada. View Royal has a population of approximately 8000 residents and was incorporated as a municipality in December 1988....
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- Walnut GroveWalnut Grove, British ColumbiaWalnut Grove is a commuter town located within the Township of Langley, British Columbia, separate and distinct from the city of Langley, which is encircled by the township...
(Langley) - WarfieldWarfield, British ColumbiaWarfield is a village located in southern British Columbia in the West Kootenay region. It is located at the west end of Trail at the bottom of the Rossland hill.-References:...
(Village) - WasaWasa, British ColumbiaWasa is an unincorporated settlement in the East Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada, located on the east bank of the Kootenay River to the north of Fort Steele. It was named for Vasa, Finland, the hometown of one of the community's early pioneers, Nils Hansen.-Climate:-References:...
- WestbankWestbank, British ColumbiaWestbank is one of the communities within the district municipality of West Kelowna in the province of British Columbia. It is 12 km to the west of Kelowna. Other communities in West Kelowna include Casa Loma, West Kelowna Estates, Shannon Lake, Smith Creek, Glenrosa, Rose Valley and Lakeview...
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- WhaletownWhaletown, British ColumbiaWhaletown is a settlement on Cortes Island, British Columbia, Canada. It is known as the gateway to Cortes Island. A public ferry links Whaletown to Heriot Bay on Quadra Island.-References:...
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- WhistlerWhistler, British ColumbiaWhistler is a Canadian resort town in the southern Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in the province of British Columbia, Canada, approximately north of Vancouver...
(Resort Municipality) - White RockWhite Rock, British ColumbiaWhite Rock is a city in British Columbia, Canada, that lies within the Metro Vancouver regional district. It borders Semiahmoo Bay and is surrounded on three sides by the City of Surrey, British Columbia. To the south lies the Semiahmoo First Nation, which is within the city limits of Surrey...
(City) - Williams LakeWilliams Lake, British ColumbiaWilliams Lake, is a city in the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada. Located in the central part of a region known as the Cariboo, it is the largest urban centre between Kamloops and Prince George, with a population of 11,150 in city limits....
(City) - WindermereWindermere, British ColumbiaWindermere is a community and designated place located south of Invermere on Windermere Lake in the Regional District of East Kootenay.-Demographics:*Population : 1,259*Population : 1,060*Growth Rate: 18.8%. -External links:*...
- WonowonWonowon, British ColumbiaWonowon is a community in northeastern British Columbia, Canada, located at Mile 101 on Highway 97, the Alaska Highway. The present-day community name is derived from the mile number, "one-oh-one", however, the area was historically known as Blueberry. The community is part of the Peace River...
- WoodfibreWoodfibre, British ColumbiaWoodfibre, originally Britannia West, was a pulp mill and at one time a small town, on the west side of upper Howe Sound near Squamish, British Columbia. The mill closed in March 2006.-History:...
- WossWoss, British ColumbiaWoss, British Columbia, commonly known as Woss Lake, is a small west coast village in the Nimpkish Valley, located south east of Port McNeill, and north of Campbell River on Highway 19, in northern Vancouver Island...
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- YahkYahk, British ColumbiaYahk is an unincorporated hamlet in southeastern British Columbia, Canada. Yahk Provincial Park borders the village to the south. Yahk is located on the Moyie River.CBC Television talk show The Hour taped a live episode in Yahk on February 9, 2006...
- YaleYale, British ColumbiaYale is an unincorporated town in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was founded in 1848 by the Hudson's Bay Company as Fort Yale by Ovid Allard, the appointed manager of the new post, who named it after his superior, James Murray Yale, then Chief Factor of the Columbia District...
- YarrowYarrow, British ColumbiaYarrow is a small community located 90 kilometres east of Vancouver and 12 km southwest of downtown Chilliwack, in British Columbia, Canada. It is in the Fraser Valley at the foot of Vedder Mountain. The village was first settled by Mennonites in the late 1920s, following the draining of...
(Chilliwack) - YennadonYennadon, British ColumbiaYennadon is a settlement in British Columbia....
(Maple Ridge) - YmirYmir, British ColumbiaYmir is a small town in the West Kootenay district of British Columbia, Canada. It is located between Nelson and Salmo on Highway 6. Ymir was originally known as Quartz Creek. The townsite was laid out in 1897 by railway magnate D.C. Corbin. Today Ymir consists of a store and two hotels, plus an...
- YoubouYoubou, British ColumbiaYoubou is a community located on the north shore of Cowichan Lake, west of Duncan and a 25-minute drive west of the community of Lake Cowichan, Canada. The former mill town on Vancouver Island provides a public beach and extensive recreational opportunities, including fishing, boating, and...
See also
- List of other Canadian Cities, Towns & Villages by Province
- List of regional district electoral areas in British Columbia
- List of municipalities in British Columbia
- Demographics of British ColumbiaDemographics of British ColumbiaEstimated Population of British Columbia : 4,254,500Percentage of National Population: 13.2%Population Growth Rate: 4.9%-Vital Statistics:Birth rate: 9.7 births p/1,000 Death rate: 2.3 deaths p/1,000...
- Ghost Towns in British Columbia