Victoria Harbor

COASTAL BC

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September 16th 2007
We’re back in the rain belt again. We stayed one night at Lakelse Provincial Park and then came to the town of Prince Rupert, which is actually on an island off the BC coast. Again, if you look at a map of British Columbia, you’ll see that this part of BC has the same geography as the panhandle of Alaska: lots of coastal islands protecting the mainland. The place is a temperate rain forest ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more