The Encyclopedia of British Columbia tells the story of BC through a collection of fascinating and useful facts.

ARTICLES
There are more than 4,000 entries on people, places and things British Columbian:

• Land and wildlife
• Aboriginal history and culture
• History and government
• Business, industry and labour
• Arts and culture
• Science and technology
• Transportation and communication
• BC peoples

PHOTOGRAPHS
The EBC contains some 1,500 archival and contemporary photographs.

MAPS AND CHARTS
Maps, charts, graphs and tables appear throughout the encyclopedia for quick and detailed reference on everything from the Cordilleran Ice Sheet, to BC election results, to lighthouses of the coast.

FEATURE ESSAYS
The Encyclopedia includes six feature essays on major topics:

• Economy
• First Nations
• History
• Literature
• Natural History
• Physical Geography

These longer essays, together with a concise index and thousands of cross-references within articles, guide readers and researchers to everything the EBC has to offer on a given subject.

FURTHER READING
Many articles end with one or more suggested readings for people who are inspired to find out more about a particular subject. The EBC also includes a Further Reading section on British Columbia.

MULTIMEDIA
The CD-ROM and on-line editions include all of the above features in a fully interactive environment with sophisticated data searching capabilities. They also include sound and video clips, among them birdsong, correct pronunciations of First Nations place names, film footage of early 20th-century BC life, a rock video or two, and lots of other blasts from the past--and the present.