British Columbia

noun

1. a province in western Canada on the Pacific coast. 366,255 square miles (948,600 square kilometers). : Victoria.

British Columbia

noun

1. a province of W Canada, on the Pacific coast: largely mountainous with extensive forests, rich mineral resources, and important fisheries. Capital: Victoria. Pop: 4 196 383 (2004 est). Area: 930 532 sq km (359 279 sq miles) BC

British Columbia

1. Province in western Canada , bordered by Alberta to the east; Montana , Idaho , and Washington to the south; the Pacific Ocean to the west; and the Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories to the north.

Other Words From

• British Columbian noun

Example Sentences

Jessie McMillan, a cook at a small burger restaurant on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, says “the decision to return, initially, was stressful.”

From Eater

In British Columbia, for instance, proceeds from the country’s carbon fee are paid out to the public as tax dividends.

From Popular-Science

Copenhagen’s city council majority decided to follow Amsterdam’s example in June, as did the Brussels region and the small city of Dunedin, New Zealand, in September, and Nanaimo, British Columbia, in December.

From Time

This little butterfly was thought to be extinct since 1908, when it was last collected on Gabriola Island, British Columbia.

From Nautilus

On an early spring afternoon in 1969, John Gow climbed into a Cessna 140 fixed-wing airplane on the runway of the tiny airport in the rural logging town of Golden, British Columbia.

From Time

Last September, Harvest Power opened the largest such food-to-power plant in North America, in Richmond, British Columbia.

From The Daily Beast

For example, in British Columbia, greenhouse gas emissions might go up, while in Saskatchewan, they would plummet.

From The Daily Beast

The village is pedestrian-only—a civilized touch typical of civilized British Columbia.

From The Daily Beast

The salmon are caught in-river in British Columbia and processed in accordance with conservation NGOs.

From The Daily Beast

It looks like mother and son also spent time in Vancouver, British Columbia, over the last three years.

From The Daily Beast

These lakes, as well as the other large lakes in southern British Columbia, remain open throughout the winter.

From Project Gutenberg

There are several kinds of salmon, and they run in British Columbia waters at different seasons of the year.

From Project Gutenberg

The educational system of British Columbia differs slightly from that of other provinces of Canada.

From Project Gutenberg

He would pick out a face from among the crowd, maybe a British Columbia man.

From Project Gutenberg

Something had jolted the specialist in British Columbia timber and paralyzed his business nerve centers.

From Project Gutenberg