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Capital: Victoria on Vancouver Island
Airports: Go to the airports page, for a list of airports in this province and related information.
Current Time: In Vancouver, Victoria and most of British Columbia and Cranbrook and part of northeast British Columbia. For information on time zones in this province, go to the British Columbia airports page.
Web sites for visitors to British Columbia:
See also our pages for Victoria and Vancouver.
The government of British Columbia web site is mainly for government affairs but also has links to other sites that will be of interest to visitors. The official tourism site for British Columbia has information about important buildings in Victoria, including parliament, which is recommended for anyone planning to visit this city.
The DriveBC and the TransLink web sites published by the Ministry of Transportation have information on road conditions and transportation systems to assist with travel planning.
The Tourism British Columbia web site is a recommended starting point for planning a trip to this province.
UNESCO World Heritage Sites in British Columbia: SGaang Gwai (Anthony Island) and the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks. The village of Ninstints (Nans Dins) is located on a small island off the west coast of the Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii). Part of the Kluane / Wrangell-St Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek World Heritage Site is in British Columbia.
The Cowichan River, the Fraser River and the Kicking Horse River have been designated as Canadian Heritage Rivers in British Columbia.
The railway stations at Courtenay, Duncan, Field, Glacier, Grand Forks, Kamloops, Kelowna, McBride, Nanaimo, Nelson, Prince Rupert, Qualicum Beach, Salmo (Burlington Northern), Smithers and Vancouver have been designated as Heritage Railways Stations in British Columbia.
The BC Ferries web site provides information that will be of use to many people touring the western areas of the province. The Washington State Ferries has a route from Anacortes to Sidney. Other ferries operate from Port Angeles in Washington to Victoria.
The Ministry of Environment, Lands & Parks provides information on parks in British Columbia on its web site.
The Heritage pages of the province's web site are an excellent resource for discovering many of the places of historic interest in British Columbia.
Recommended Reading: Lonely Planet - British Columbia; Let's Go - Alaska and the Pacific Northwest; Moon Handbooks - British Columbia | Vancouver; Rough Guides - Vancouver Miniguide