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July 17 – The government of British Columbia name a 2,639-metre (8,658 ft) peak in the Rocky Mountains after Terry Fox. July 30 – The 83 km (52 mi) section of the Trans-Canada Highway in Ontario where Terry Fox was forced to end his run, was renamed in his honour. August – The prime rate hits a record high of 22.75%.
July 1 – "O Canada" becomes the official national anthemJuly 30 – Elizabeth II augments the coat of arms of Alberta with a crest and supporters August 14 – Dorothy Stratten, an actress, is raped and killed in Los Angeles by Paul Snider before he commits suicide.
Pages in category "1980s in British Columbia" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
An Act Respecting the University of British Columbia was passed by the provincial legislature in 1890, but disagreements arose over whether to build the university on Vancouver Island or the mainland. A provincial university was formally called into being by the British Columbia University Act of 1908, although its location was not yet ...
The first European visitors to present-day British Columbia were Spanish sailors and other European sailors who sailed for the Spanish crown. There is some evidence that the Greek-born Juan de Fuca, who sailed for Spain and explored the West coast of North America in the 1590s, might have reached the passageway between Washington State and Vancouver Island – today known as the Strait of Juan ...
The McBarge, officially named the Friendship 500, is a former McDonald's restaurant, built on a 187-foot-long (57 m) [1] barge for Expo '86 in Vancouver, British Columbia Moored on Expo grounds in Vancouver's False Creek , it was the second floating McDonald's location in the world (the first being in St. Louis , Missouri), intended to showcase ...
The province's name was chosen by Queen Victoria, when the Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866), i.e., "the Mainland", became a British colony in 1858. [24] It refers to the Columbia District, the British name for the territory drained by the Columbia River, in southeastern British Columbia, which was the namesake of the pre-Oregon Treaty Columbia Department of the Hudson's Bay Company.
The colonies of Prince Edward Island and British Columbia joined shortly after, and Canada acquired the vast expanse of the continent controlled by the Hudson's Bay Company, which was eventually divided into new territories and provinces. [3] Canada evolved into a fully sovereign state by 1982. [4]