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Prince Rupert of the Rhine
English-German aristocrat, army officer, admiral, scientist, and colonial administrator (1619–1682)
potlatch
thumb|right|The Kwakwaka'wakw continue the practice of potlatch. Illustrated here is ''Wawadit'la'' in Thunderbird Park, Victoria, B.C., a big house built by Chief [[Mungo Martin in 1953. Wealthy, prominent hosts would have a Big House specifically for potlatching and for housing guests.]]
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Kamloops
Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Canada
John R. Swanton
American anthropologist and linguist (1873-1958)
Squamish
indigenous people of southwestern British Columbia, Canada
Harrison Lake
lake in British Columbia, Canada
Haro Strait
Salish Sea channel connecting the Straits of Georgia & Juan de Fuca, Pacific North America
Tŝilhqox Biny
lake in British Columbia, Canada
Fort Vancouver
fort
Yale
human settlement in British Columbia, Canada
Charles Vance Millar
Canadian lawyer and financier
Quesnel River
watercourse in British Columbia, Canada
Okanagan people
The Syilx () people, also known as the Okanagan, Suknaqinx, or Okinagan people, are a First Nations and Native American people whose traditional territory spans the Canada–US boundary in Washington state and unceded British Columbia in the Okanagan Country region. They are part of the Interior Salish ethnological and linguistic grouping. The Okanagan are closely related to the Spokan, Sinixt, Nez Perce, Pend Oreille, Secwepemc and Nlaka'pamux peoples of the same Northwest Plateau region.
Fraser Canyon Gold Rush
The first main gold rush in British Columbia
Portland Canal
fjord on the Canada–United States border between Alaska and British Columbia
1950 British Columbia B-36 crash
USAAF crash and loss of nuclear bomb
Bute Inlet
fjord in British Columbia, Canada
Ripple Rock
submerged rock in British Columbia, Canada
history of British Columbia
Historical account of British Columbia
Pitt Lake
lake in British Columbia, Canada
CFB Esquimalt
Canada's Pacific Coast naval base
Cariboo
thumb|300px|right|Location of "the Cariboo" as a cultural/historical region, including the Chilcotin District|Chilcotin and Lillooet-Thompson areas thumb|300px|right|Location of the Cariboo Plateau proper
kanaka
pacific island worker
Bridge River
watercourse in Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, British Columbia, Canada
West Coast Trail
backpacking trail in British Columbia, Canada
Sir Alexander Mackenzie Provincial Park
provincial park in British Columbia, Canada
Dean Channel
channel in British Columbia, Canada
North Bentinck Arm
bay in British Columbia, Canada
Shulaps Range
mountain range in British Columbia, Canada
Mount Warburton Pike
mountain in British Columbia, Canada
Camelsfoot Range
mountain range in British Columbia, Canada
Wales Island
island in British Columbia, Canada
Hastings Mill
sawmill in Vancouver, Canada
Hatley Park National Historic Site
university museum, historic house museum in Greater Victoria, British Columbia Canada
Jesup North Pacific Expedition
US scientific expedition (1897–1902)
Cariboo Gold Rush
The second major gold rush in BC
South Bentinck Arm
bay in British Columbia, Canada
Bountiful
human settlement in the Regional District of Central Kootenay, British Columbia, Canada
Bill Miner
American outlaw
Western Union Telegraph Expedition
1865-1867 expedition organized by the Smithsonian Institution to Canada, Russian-America (Alaska), and Asia