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A British Columbia Primer
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STIKINE RIVER CANYON
Our very own Grand Canyon, Canada's longest. The river foams through a narrow corridor of vertical rock, where only the mountain goats can get their footing. The Stikine is one of BC's heritage rivers.
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KWADAY DAN SINCHI
Also known as Long Ago Person Found, Canada's Iceman. The 550-year-old remains of this prehistoric hunter were found in 1999 sticking out of a glacier in northern BC. The oldest human remains ever discovered in North America with preserved tissue attached.
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CARMANAH GIANT
Tall trees are an everyday item in BC, but this is the tallest, a 96-m Sitka spruce in the Carmanah Valley on the west coast of Vancouver Island. It is the tallest tree in Canada, and the tallest of its species anywhere in the world.
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WHITE SPOT
Home cooking, BC-style, with Triple O Sauce. You don't have to be that old to remember when the White Spot was about the only place to eat out in Vancouver. Founded by Nat Bailey in 1928 as Canada's first drive-in, the chain now spans the province.
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CANOEING IN BOWRON LAKES
The first, and the finest, wilderness canoe trip in the province, amid spectacular scenery in the heart of the Cariboo Mountains. It takes about a week to complete the 116-km circuit.
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NEWTSUIT
Phil Nuytten is one hyperactive guy. A deep-sea diver, a carver, an inventor, a writer, he developed his hard-shelled "newtsuit" to allow divers to work at extreme depths. The suit, and its inventor, are hailed around the world as pioneers of underwater exploration.
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MOUNT ROBSON
Almost 4 km high, it is the tallest peak in the Canadian Rockies. It was first climbed in 1913 and its sheer escarpments are still considered a major challenge for mountaineers.
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BC WINE
Once shunned for their sweetness, BC wines "dried out" in the 1980s and now win awards internationally. The industry has come a long way since Baby Duck.
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MV LADY ROSE
Built in 1936 and still working the waters of Alberni Inlet 65 years later. The plucky Rose is the last surviving member of the fleet of Union Steamship vessels that once plied the BC coast from Vancouver to Prince Rupert.
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KHUTZEYMATEEN VALLEY
BC is home to roughly a quarter of all the grizzly bears in North America and this wilderness watershed north of Prince Rupert is their only designated sanctuary in Canada.
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