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Canada was slightly ahead of the United States, and the Canadian Youth Hostels Association was founded in 1933 [1] (the American Youth Hostels Inc was not formed until 1934 [2]). The Ottawa hostel is located in a former jail. Canada's (and North America's) first hostel was opened in 1933 at Bragg Creek near Calgary, Alberta, by Mary Belle ...
Map of the provinces and territories of Canada by HDI in 2021. This is a list of Canadian provinces and territories by their Human Development Index, which is a comparative measure of life expectancy, literacy, education, standard of living and overall well-being of the citizens in each province and territory. All Canadian provinces and ...
The other five were located in British Columbia with two, and Manitoba, Ontario and Yukon each with one. Between 2006 and 2011, twenty-four CAs experienced population decline. The fifteen CAs that experienced the greatest population decline were located in British Columbia (two), Manitoba (one), New Brunswick (one), Nova Scotia (three), Ontario ...
The landforms of British Columbia include two major continental landforms, the Interior Plains in the province's northeast, the British Columbia portion of which is part of the Alberta Plateau. The rest of the province is part of the Western Cordillera of North America , often referred to in Canada as the Pacific Cordillera or Canadian Cordillera.
Harbledown Island, site of New Vancouver; Malcolm Island (loc. of Sointula) Turnour Island, site of Kalugwis (Karlukwees) Village Island, site of Memkumlis (Mamalilikalla) Hull Island; West Cracroft Island; East Cracroft Island; Klaoitsis Island; Kamano Island; Hanson Island; Minstrel Island; Gilford Island, site of Gwayasdums
Highway 1 travels through central Nanaimo on Nicol Street and Stewart Avenue to the Departure Bay ferry terminal, where the Vancouver Island section ends. [1] BC Ferries operates an automobile ferry service from Departure Bay to Horseshoe Bay that carries Highway 1 to the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. A typical vessel assigned to ...
Vancouver Island is an island in the northeastern Pacific Ocean and part of the Canadian province of British Columbia. The island is 456 km (283 mi) in length, 100 km (62 mi) in width at its widest point, [ 4 ] and 32,100 km 2 (12,400 sq mi) in total area, while 31,285 km 2 (12,079 sq mi) are of land.
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada The Comox Valley is a region on the east coast of Vancouver Island , British Columbia , Canada, that includes the city of Courtenay , the town of Comox , the village of Cumberland , and the unincorporated settlements of Royston , Union Bay , Fanny Bay , Black Creek , and Merville .