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Bill Putnam spearheaded the construction of three mountain huts now operated by the Alpine Club of Canada. The Fairy Meadow Hut was renamed the Bill Putnam Hut in 2002 to recognize his contribution. [ 3 ] [ 2 ] [ 4 ] Putnam died on December 20, 2014, at age 90, leaving his legacy behind for Canadian mountaineers to enjoy.
The Shuswap Highland is a plateau-like hilly area of 14,511 km 2 (5,603 sq mi) in British Columbia, Canada. [1] It spans the upland area between the Bonaparte and Thompson Plateaus from the area of Mahood Lake, at the southeast corner of the Cariboo Plateau, southeast towards the lower Shuswap River east of Vernon in the Okanagan.
As of January 2020, there were 100 National Historic Sites designated in British Columbia, 13 of which are administered by Parks Canada (identified below by the beaver icon ). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The first National Historic Sites to be designated in British Columbia were Fort Langley and Yuquot in 1923.
British Columbia Magazine is a geographic and travel magazine in British Columbia.Its coverage includes travel, outdoor recreation, geography, wildlife, conservation, people, science and natural phenomena, First Nations culture, heritage places, and history within the province, with a tradition of extensive use of photography.
Hutt Island is a small island located off the coast of Bowen Island, British Columbia, Canada. It was named after Captain John Hutt , captain of HMS Queen in the battle of the Glorious First of June .
"Lighthouses of Canada: Southern British Columbia". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. List of Lights, Buoys and Fog Signals Canadian Coast Guard. Retrieved 19 March 2017; British Columbia Canada Lighthouses Lighthouses Friends. Retrieved 19 March 2017
The judicial districts of the British Columbia Supreme Court have the same boundaries of the counties of the former county court. That is the only use of county in the British Columbian government, which is a reference only to such court districts and has no similarity to the meaning in the other provinces of Canada or elsewhere. [3]
The Bugaboos are located in the northwestern extreme of the Purcells in the Columbia Mountains, in the south-east of the province. The nearest towns are Radium and Golden . They are commonly subdivided into four divisions: the Bugaboo Glacier Peaks, and the Eastern, Central, and Western Spires.