NationMaster - Encyclopedia: American Northwest

The Pacific Northwest (PNW) in its broadest definition is an area that includes part of the west coast of United States and Canada, including southern Alaska, all of British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, western Montana and northern California and Nevada. ImageMetadata File history File links Pacnorthwest. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Pacnorthwest. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x703, 106 KB) Admiral Charles Wilkes Map of the Pacific Northwest from Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x703, 106 KB) Admiral Charles Wilkes Map of the Pacific Northwest from Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition. ... Charles Wilkes Charles Wilkes (April 3, 1798 â€“ February 8, 1877) was an American naval officer and explorer. ... Official language(s) English Capital Juneau Largest city Anchorage Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 1st 663,267 miÂ² / 1 717 854 kmÂ² 808 mi / 1300 km 1,479 mi / 2380 km 13. ... Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Official languages none stated in law; English is de facto Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Lieutenant-Governor Iona Campagnolo Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Parliamentary representation - House seat - Senate seats 36 6 Area Total â€¢ Land â€¢ Water (% of total) Ranked 5th 944,735... Official language(s) None Capital Olympia Largest city Seattle Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 18th 184,824 kmÂ² 385 km 580 km 6. ... Official language(s) None Capital Salem Largest city Portland Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 9th 255,026 kmÂ² 420 km 580 km 2. ... Official language(s) English Capital Boise Largest city Boise Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 14th 216,632 kmÂ² 491 km 771 km 0. ... Official language(s) English Capital Helena Largest city Billings Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 4th 381,156 kmÂ² 410 km 1,015 km 1 44Â°26 N to 49Â° N 104Â°2 W to 116Â°2 W Population - Total (2000) - Density Ranked 44th 902,195 2. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 3rd 410,000 kmÂ² 402. ... Official language(s) None Capital Carson City Largest city Las Vegas Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 7th 286,367 kmÂ² 519 km 788 km 0. ...

In the United States its boundaries are imprecise but generally coincide with the area covered by the original Oregon Territory of 1848 (e.g. Washington, Oregon, Idaho and areas in Montana west of the Continental Divide). The Eastern Idaho region is sometimes excluded because of its cultural and economic ties to the Rocky Mountain region, particularly Utah. The Oregon Territory is the name applied both to the unorganized Oregon Country claimed by both the United States and Britain, as well as to the organized U.S. territory formed from it that existed between 1848 and 1859. ... 1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Eastern Idaho is where the potatoes are grown. ... White Goat Wilderness Area, Alberta, Canada The Rocky Mountains, often called the Rockies, are a broad mountain range in western North America. ... Official language(s) English Capital Salt Lake City Largest city Salt Lake City Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 13th 219,887 kmÂ² 435 km 565 km 3. ...

Major Pacific Northwest cities in the United States include Seattle, Portland and Boise. Vancouver and Victoria are the main Canadian cities of the region. This article is about the city. ... Nickname: City of Roses, Stumptown, Bridgetown Official website: http://www. ... This article deals with the state capital of Idaho. ... This article refers to the city in British Columbia, Canada. ... The arms of Victoria. ...

History

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Initial exploration

British Captain and erstwhile pirate Francis Drake sailed off the Oregon coast in 1579 and during the early 1740s, Imperial Russia sent the Dane Vitus Bering to the region. Sometime in the same era a Greek captain in the employ of the Portuguese Empire is believed to have found the Strait of Juan de Fuca, which bears his name. Sir Francis Drake, c. ... Events January 6 - The Union of Atrecht united the southern Netherlands under the Duke of Parma, governor in the name of king Philip II of Spain. ... Events and Trends The War of Austrian Succession (1740-1748) rages. ... Vitus Bering Vitus Jonassen Bering (also, less correctly, Big Breasts) (August 1681â€“December 19, 1741) was a Danish-born navigator in the service of the Russian Navy, a captain-komandor known among the Russian sailors as Ivan Ivanovich. ... The Strait of Juan de Fuca separates Vancouver Island of British Columbia from the Olympic Peninsula of Washington state. ...

In 1774 Juan Pérez commanded a fleet sent by the viceroy of New Spain up to lat. 55° N. This was followed by another Spanish explorer Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra who got as far Prince of Wales Sound, reaching 59° N in 1775. In 1776 English mariner Captain James Cook visited Nootka Sound on Vancouver Island and also voyaged as far north as Prince William Sound. In the 1790s Captain George Vancouver charted the Pacific Northwest on behalf of Great Britain, including the bays and inlets of Puget Sound, the Strait of Georgia and the Johnstone Strait-Queen Charlotte Strait and the rest of the British Columbia Coast and Alaska Panhandle shorelines. In 1786 Jean François La Pérouse, representing France, sailed to the Queen Charlotte Islands after visiting Nootka Sound but any possible French claim to this region were lost when La Pérouse and his men and journals were lost in a shipwreck near Australia. Captain James Barclay (also spelled Barkley) also visited the area flying the flag of the Austrian Empire. 1774 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Flag of New Spain Viceroyalty of New Spain (Spanish: Nueva EspaÃ±a) was the name given to one of the viceroy-ruled territories of the Spanish Empire from 1525 to 1821. ... Captain Juan Francisco Bodega y Quadra, Marina real, circa 1785. ... 1775 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Captain James Cook may refer to: James Cook - British explorer, navigator, and map maker Captain James Cook (TV miniseries) - 1987 Australian television miniseries This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... Prince William Sound, on the south coast of Alaska. ... Captain George Vancouver George Vancouver (June 22, 1757 â€“ May 12, 1798) was an officer of the Royal Navy, and an explorer best known for his exploration of North America, including the Pacific coast along Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia; he also explored the southwest coast of Australia. ... Puget Sound Puget Sound is an arm (sound) of the Pacific Ocean in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. ... Strait of Georgia at sunset The Straight of Georgia (also known as Georgia Strait and the Gulf of Georgia) is a 240 km (150 mi)-long strait between Vancouver Island (as well as its nearby Gulf Islands) and the mainland Pacific coast of British Columbia, Canada. ... Queen Charlotte Strait between Vancouver Island and the mainland in British Columbia, Canada. ... The British Columbia Coast is one of Canadas two continental coastlines, the other being the coastline from the Beaufort Sea of the Arctic Ocean via the Northwest Passage and Hudson Bay to the Ungava Peninsula and Labrador and the Gulf of St. ... The Alaska Panhandle is the coast of the American state of Alaska, just west of the northern half of the Canadian province of British Columbia. ... 1786 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... LapÃ©rouse by FranÃ§ois Rude (1784-1855), in 1828 LapÃ©rouse Jean FranÃ§ois Galaup, comte (count) de La PÃ©rouse (August 23, 1741 â€“ 1788) was a French naval officer and explorer whose expedition vanished in Oceania. ... The Queen Charlotte Islands or Haida Gwaii are an archipelago off the north-west coast of British Columbia, Canada, consisting of two main islands: Graham Island in the North, and Moresby Island in the south. ... Nootka Sound is an inlet of the Pacific Ocean and a natural harbour on the rugged west coast of Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. ... James Barclay is a high fantasy author. ... Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy The Crown Austrian Emperor, formerly Crown Holy Roman Emperor The Austrian Empire is the name of Austria during the time from 1804 - 1867. ...

The United States' claim

The United States established a claim following the exploration of the region by the Lewis and Clark Expedition, partly through the negotiation of former Spanish claims north of the Oregon-California boundary. From the 1810s until the 1840s, modern-day Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and western Montana, along with most of British Columbia, were part of what Americans called the Oregon Country and the British called the Columbia District. This region was jointly claimed by the United States and Great Britain after the Treaty of 1818, which established a condominium of interests in the region in lieu of a settlement. In 1840 American Charles Wilkes explored in the area. John McLoughlin, Chief Factor of the Hudson's Bay Company, headquartered at Fort Vancouver was the de facto local political authority for most of this time. Lewis and Clark The Lewis and Clark expedition (1804â€“1806) was the first United States overland expedition to the Pacific coast and back, led by Captain Meriwether Lewis and Second Lieutenant William Clark, of the US Army. ... Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Official languages none stated in law; English is de facto Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Lieutenant-Governor Iona Campagnolo Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Parliamentary representation - House seat - Senate seats 36 6 Area Total â€¢ Land â€¢ Water (% of total) Ranked 5th 944,735... Landscape in Oregon Country, by Charles Marion Russell Map of Oregon Country Oregon Country was a region of western North America that originally consisted of the land north of 42Â°N latitude, south of 54Â°40N latitude, and west of the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean. ... The Convention of 1818 between the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, also known as the London Convention, Anglo-American Convention of 1818, or simply the Treaty of 1818, was a treaty signed in 1818 between the United States and the United Kingdom. ... 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Charles Wilkes Charles Wilkes (April 3, 1798 â€“ February 8, 1877) was an American naval officer and explorer. ... John McLoughlin (NSHC statue) Dr. John McLoughlin (pronounced mc-lock-lin, October 19, 1784 – September 3, 1857), the Father of Oregon, was a fur trader and early settler in the Oregon Country in the Pacific Northwest. ... The Hudsons Bay Company (HBC. TSX: HBC) is the oldest corporation in Canada (and the second oldest in North America) and is one of the oldest in the world still in existence. ... Fort Vancouver Fort Vancouver was a 19th century fur trading outpost along the Columbia River that served as the headquarters of the Hudsons Bay Company in the Oregon Country. ...

This arrangement ended as U.S. settlement grew and President James K. Polk was elected on a platform of calling for annexation of the entire Oregon Country. The famous slogan of this platform was Fifty-four Forty or Fight refers to 54 degrees latitude, 40 minutes north being the northward limit of the region a treaty between the Spanish and Russians had been set at (the Americans had bought the Spanish claim without realizing it was not a full claim, only an agreement to share with the British).. After a war scare with the United Kingdom, the Oregon boundary dispute was settled in the 1846 Oregon Treaty, partitioning the region along the 49th parallel and resolving most (but not all) of the border disputes. James Knox Polk (November 2, 1795 â€“ June 15, 1849) was the eleventh President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1845 to March 3, 1849. ... The Oregon boundary dispute arose as a result of rival British and American claims to the Oregon Country, a region of western North America, in the first half of the 19th century. ... 1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The Treaty with Great Britain, in Regard to Limits Westward of the Rocky Mountains (known as the Oregon Treaty or Treaty of Washington) was a bilateral treaty signed between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United States in 1846, and brought an end to the longstanding... The 49th parallel of north latitude forms part of the International Boundary between Canada and the United States from Manitoba to British Columbia on the Canadian side and from Minnesota to Washington on the U.S. side. ... The Pig War (also called the Pig Episode, the San Juan Boundary Dispute or the Northwestern Boundary Dispute) was a confrontation in 1859 between American and British authorities, resulting from a dispute over the boundary between the United States and Great Britain. ...

The mainland territory north of the 49th Parallel remained unincorporated until 1858, when a mass influx of Americans and others during the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush forced the hand of Colony of Vancouver Island's Governor James Douglas, who declared the mainland a Crown Colony, although official ratification of his unilateral action was several months in coming. The two colonies were amalgamated in 1866 to cut costs, and joined the Dominion of Canada in 1871. The U.S. portion became the Oregon Territory in 1848; it was later subdivided into territories that were eventually admitted as states, the first of these being Oregon itself in 1859. See Washington Territory. The 49th parallel of north latitude forms part of the International Boundary between Canada and the United States from Manitoba to British Columbia on the Canadian side and from Minnesota to Washington on the U.S. side. ... The Gold Rush of British Columbia occurred after gold was discovered in the Fraser River Valley. ... See main article Vancouver Island Colonial flag of Vancouver Island, consisting of the British Blue Ensign and the great seal of the colony. ... James Douglas can refer to: James Douglas (the Good, the Black) an early-14th century Lord of Douglas and champion of Robert the Bruce James Douglas a mid-19th century governor of Vancouver Island James Buster Douglas, a boxer James Douglas, 4th Duke of Hamilton James Douglas, 4th Earl of... A United Kingdom overseas territory (formerly known as a dependent territory or earlier as a crown colony) is a territory that is under the sovereignty and formal control of the United Kingdom but is not part of the United Kingdom proper (Great Britain and Northern Ireland). ... 1866 (MDCCCLXVI) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Motto: (in Latin) A Mari Usque Ad Mare (From Sea to Sea) Anthem: O Canada (Royal anthem: God Save the Queen) Capital Ottawa Largest city Toronto Official language(s) English and French Government Monarch Governor General Prime Minister Federal parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy Queen Elizabeth II MichaÃ«lle Jean... The Oregon Territory is the name applied both to the unorganized Oregon Country claimed by both the United States and Britain, as well as to the organized U.S. territory formed from it that existed between 1848 and 1859. ... 1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1859 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... Categories: Historical stubs | Washington history | U.S. historical regions and territories ...

American expansionist pressure on British Columbia persisted after the colony became a province of Canada, even though Americans living in the province had next to no annexationist inclinations. The Fenian Brotherhood openly organized and drilled in Washington State, particularly in the 1870s and the 1880s, though no cross-border attacks were experienced. During the Alaska Boundary Dispute US President Teddy Roosevelt threatened to invade and annex British Columbia if Britain would not yield on the question of the Yukon Ports. In more recent times, during the so-called "Salmon War" of the 1990s, Washington State Senator Slade Gorton called for the US Navy to "force" the Inside Passage, even though it is not an officially-international waterway. Slade Gorton Thomas Slade Gorton III (born January 8, 1928) is an American politician. ... Somewhere along the Inside Passage. ...

Geography

The Pacific Northwest is dominated by several mountain ranges, including the Coast Mountains, the Cascade Range, the Columbia Mountains and the Rocky Mountains. Immediately inland from the Coast Mountains and the Cascade Range there is a broad plateau, narrowing progressively northwards, and also getting higher. In the US this region, semi-arid and often completely arid, is known as the Columbia Plateau, while in British Columbia it is the Interior Plateau, also called the Fraser Plateau. Because many areas have plentiful rainfall and a relatively low population density, the Pacific Northwest has: The Coast Mountains are the western range of the North American mainland cordillera, extending south from the Alaska Panhandle and covering most of coastal British Columbia. ... Mount Adams in Washington The Cascade Range is a mountainous region famous for its chain of tall volcanoes called the High Cascades that run north-south along the west coast of North America from British Columbia to the Shasta Cascade area of northern California. ... Columbia Mountains are in British Columbia, Canada, bounded by the Rocky Mountains in the east, and are made up of four large ranges: Cariboo Mountains, Monashee Mountains, Selkirk Mountains and Purcell Mountains. ... White Goat Wilderness Area, Alberta, Canada The Rocky Mountains, often called the Rockies, are a broad mountain range in western North America. ... The Washington towns of Spokane, Vantage, Yakima and Pasco, and the Oregon town of Pendleton, lie on the Columbia River Plateau. ... The Interior Plateau comprises a large region of central British Columbia, and lies between the Cariboo and Monashee Mountains on the east, and the Hazelton Mountains, Coast Mountains and Cascade Range on the west. ...

The major cities of Vancouver, Portland, and Seattle all began as seaports supporting the logging, mining, and farming industries of the region, but have developed into major technological and industrial centers (such as the Silicon Forest), which benefit from their location on the Pacific Rim. FOREST, which describes itself as the voice and friend of the smoker, is a United Kingdom political pressure group that campaigns for the right of people to smoke tobacco and opposes attempts to ban or reduce tobacco consumption, as well as casting doubt on medical claims of the health risks... General Name, Symbol, Number aluminium, Al, 13 Chemical series poor metals Group, Period, Block 13, 3, p Appearance silvery Atomic mass 26. ... Hydroelectricity is electricity obtained from hydropower. ... Hydroelectric dams on the Columbia River (Listed in order from the headwaters, to the Pacific Ocean) See also: Columbia River Categories: Lists of dams ... The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) is a US self-financed federal agency headquartered in Portland, Oregon which transmits and sells wholesale electricity to Washington, Oregon, Idaho and western Montana. ... This article refers to the city in British Columbia, Canada. ... Nickname: City of Roses, Stumptown, Bridgetown Official website: http://www. ... This article is about the city. ... Categories: Stub | Commercial item transport and distribution | Transportation ... The Silicon Forest is a nickname for the Portland metropolitan area in Oregon and Southwest Washington. ... Map of the Pacific Rim and List of the Pacific Rim Nations The USS Abraham Lincoln Battle Group along with ships from Australia, Chile, Japan, Canada, and Korea speed towards Honolulu in RIMPAC 2000. ...

The region has four U.S. National Parks: Crater Lake in Oregon, and Olympic, Mount Rainier, and North Cascades in Washington. Other outstanding natural features include the Oregon Coast, the Columbia River Gorge, Mt. St. Helens, and Hells Canyon on the Snake River between Oregon and Idaho. There are several Canadian National Parks in the Pacific Northwest, from Pacific Rim National Park on the west coast of Vancouver Island, and Mount Revelstoke National Park and Glacier National Park in the Selkirk Range alongside Rogers Pass, as well as Kootenay National Park and Yoho National Park on the British Columbia flank of the Rockies. Motto: E pluribus unum (1789 to present) (Latin: Out of Many, One) In God We Trust (1956 to present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York, New York Official language(s) None at federal level; English de facto Government â€¢ President â€¢ Vice President Federal republic... This article is about national parks. ... View from the rim Crater Lake is a lake in the U.S. state of Oregon that is 5 by 6 miles (8 by 9. ... Olympic National Park is located in the U.S. state of Washington, in the far northwestern part of the state known as the Olympic Peninsula. ... Mount Rainier is a stratovolcano located 54 miles (87 km) southeast of Seattle, Washington, in the United States. ... Mount Adams in Washington state The Cascade Range is a mountainous region famous for its chain of tall volcanos called the High Cascades that run north-south along the west coast of North America from British Columbia to the Shasta Cascade area of northern California. ... The Columbia River Gorge is a spectacular canyon of the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. ... Mount St. ... Hells Canyon is a canyon created by the Snake River. ... This article is about the Snake River in the northwestern United States. ... Pacific Rim National Park is a Canadian national park made up of three separate regions: Long Beach, the Broken Group Islands, and the West Coast Trail. ... Vancouver Island is separated from mainland British Columbia by the Strait of Georgia and the Queen Charlotte Strait, and from Washington State by the Juan De Fuca Strait. ... Mount Revelstoke National Park is located adjacent to the city of Revelstoke, British Columbia in Canada. ... There are two places in the Rocky Mountains of North America named Glacier National Park: Glacier National Park (U.S.) in Montana Glacier National Park (Canada) in British Columbia. ... Rogers Pass is the pass (elevation 1330 m) through the Selkirk Mountains of British Columbia used by the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Trans-Canada Highway. ... Ottertail River, found in Kootenay National Park Kootenay National Park is located in southeastern British Columbia, Canada covering 1,406 kmÂ² (543 miÂ²) in the Canadian Rockies and is a World Heritage Site. ... Natural Bridge Yoho National Park is located in the Canadian Rocky Mountains along the western slope of the Continental Divide in southeastern British Columbia. ...

Culture

The Pacific Northwest's culture is quite similar to that of California, but the sparsely populated areas east of the Cascade Range are often lumped into Middle America. The Pacific Northwest English accent is considered to be "very neutral" to most Americans and Canadians. Although it does possess the low back vowel merger, or the Cot-caught merger it is one of the closest living accents to conservative General American English. It lacks the Northern Cities Vowel Shift, and does not participate as strongly in the California vowel shift or the Canadian vowel shift as do other dialects. Because of its lack of any distinguishing vowel shift, the accent is very similar to and hard to distinguish from conservative speakers in other dialect regions especially the Northern Midlands, California, and the prairies. Environmentalism is very popular in most Pacific Northwest cities, from as small as Ashland, Oregon to as large as San Francisco. The international organization Greenpeace was born in Vancouver in 1970 as part of a large public opposition movement in British Columbia to US nuclear weapons testing on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians. Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 3rd 410,000 kmÂ² 402. ... Mount Adams in Washington The Cascade Range is a mountainous region famous for its chain of tall volcanoes called the High Cascades that run north-south along the west coast of North America from British Columbia to the Shasta Cascade area of northern California. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Pacific Northwest English is a dialect of the English language spoken in the Pacific Northwest. ... The areas enclosed by the green line are those where most speakers have completely merged the vowels of cot and caught. ... General American is a notional accent of American English based on speech patterns common in the Midwest of the United States and those used by many American network television broadcasters. ... Note: This page contains IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. ... Environmentalism is the support of or involvement with the environmental movement by environmentalists. ... The Plaza Ashland is a city in Jackson County, Oregon, near Interstate 5 and the California border, and nestled in the south end of the Rogue Valley. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... Greenpeace is an international environmental organization founded in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1971. ...

The Pacific Northwest is also known for indie music, especially grunge and so-called alternative rock. Foods of the area include salmon, huckleberries, and chai. In popular music, indie music (from independent) is any of a number of genres, scenes, subcultures and stylistic and cultural attributes, characterised by (real or perceived) independence from commercial pop music and mainstream culture and an autonomous, do-it-yourself (DIY) approach. ... Grunge music (sometimes also referred to as the Seattle Sound) is an independent-rooted music genre that became a commercially successful offshoot of hardcore punk, thrash metal, and alternative rock in the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... The terms alternative rock and alternative music were coined in the 1980s to describe punk rock-inspired music genres which didnt fit into the mainstream genres of the time. ... The Chinook or King Salmon is the largest salmon in North America and can grow up to 58 long and 126 pounds. ... Huckleberry is a name used in North America for several plants in two closely related genera in the family Ericaceae, Gaylussacia and Vaccinium. ... a cup of Chai. ...

Religion and spirituality

World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... This article refers to the act of selfless giving, and organizations which facilitate selfless giving. ... Northwest Medical Teams International is a non-profit humanitarian aid organization founded in 1979 which helped more than 1. ... World Vision International is a Christian charity, founded in 1950 by Dr Robert Pierce to address poverty in the third world, particularly among children. ... Mercy Corps is a not-for-profit organization engaged in humanitarian aid and development activities. ... The Salvation Army is a Protestant evangelical Christian denomination and, more famously, a charity and social services organization, with international headquarters at 101 Queen Victoria Street, London. ... Gastown is an area of Vancouver, British Columbia, located between Downtown and the Downtown Eastside. ... The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR; AAR reporting marks CP, CPAA, CPI), known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a Canadian Class I railway operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited. ... // Events and Trends Technology Development and commercial production of electric lighting Development and commercial production of gasoline-powered automobile by Karl Benz, Gottlieb Daimler and Maybach First commercial production and sales of phonographs and phonograph recordings. ... A typical gold mining operation, on Bonanza Creek The Klondike Gold Rush was a frenzy of gold rush immigration and gold prospecting along the Klondike River in the Yukon Territory, Canada, after gold was discovered in the late 19th century. ... The Doukhobors (Russian Духоборы) are a Christian dissenting sect of Russian origin. ... The Mennonites are a group of Christian Anabaptist denominations based on the teachings and tradition of Menno Simons. ... Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Official languages none stated in law; English is de facto Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Lieutenant-Governor Iona Campagnolo Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Parliamentary representation - House seat - Senate seats 36 6 Area Total â€¢ Land â€¢ Water (% of total) Ranked 5th 944,735... Fraser Valley is the section of the Fraser River basin in southwestern British Columbia downstream of the Fraser Canyon. ... Tibetan Buddhism â€” formerly also called Lamaism, after their religious gurus known as lamas â€” is the body of religious Buddhist doctrine and institutions characteristic of Tibet and the Himalayan region. ... The Lower Mainland is the name that residents of British Columbia apply to the region surrounding the City of Vancouver. ... 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Zoroastrianism was adapted from an earlier, polytheistic faith by Zarathushtra (Zoroaster) in Persia very roughly around 1000 BC (although, in the absence of written records, some scholars estimates are as late as 600 BC). ... A Muslim (Arabic: Ù…Ø³Ù„Ù…) (sometimes also spelled Moslem) is an adherent of Islam. ... New Age describes a broad movement characterized by alternative approaches to traditional Western culture. ... Aleister Crowley Aleister Crowley, born Edward Alexander Crowley (12 October 1875 - 1 December 1947) was an occultist, mystic, sexual revolutionary, and drug user (especially morphine). ... Brother Twelve, also known as Edward Arthur Wilson, was the leader of a religious movement called the Aquarian Foundation. ... The Gulf Islands is the name collectively given to the islands in the Strait of Georgia between Vancouver Island and the mainland Pacific coast of British Columbia, Canada. ... 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Sanyasa (pronounced sanyaas) symbolises the conception of the mystic life in Hinduism where a person is now integrated into the spiritual world after wholly giving up material life. ... Ashrams in ancient India were Hindu hermitages where sages lived in peace and tranquility amidst nature. ... Borders Maritime Claims Forty-nine states in the United States (all except Hawaii) lie on the North American continent; 48 of these (all except Alaska and Hawaii) are contiguous and form the continental United States. ... This list of regions of the United States includes official (governmental) and non-official areas within the borders of the United States, not including U.S. states, the federal district of Washington, D.C. or standard subentities such as cities or counties. ... The Central United States is a bridge region between the Eastern United States and Western United States. ... States that have an Ocean/Gulf of Mexico coastline are shown in red, and states that have a Great Lake coastline are shown in pink. ... Regional definitions vary from source to source. ... Red shows states east of the Mississippi River, pink shows states not fully eastern or western The U.S. Eastern states are the states east of the Mississippi River. ... Regional definitions vary from source to source. ... States that border the Gulf of Mexico are shown in red. ... Regional definitions vary from source to source. ... The Midwest is a common name for a region of the United States of America. ... The Mountain States form one of the nine geographic divisions within the United States which are officially recognized by that countrys census bureau. ... The states of New England are Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. ... The Northern United States or simply The North, is a region in the United States of America. ... Regional definitions vary from source to source. ... Regional definitions vary from source to source. ... The Pacific States form one of the nine geographic divisions within the United States that are officially recognized by that countrys census bureau. ... Southern United States. ... The South Atlantic States form one of the nine divisions within the United States that are formally recognized by that countrys census bureau. ... Red states show the core of the South Central, states shown as pink may or may not be included in the South Central, and thus their inclusion or exclusion varies from source to source. ... Regional definitions vary from source to source. ... Regional definitions vary from source to source. ... 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External links

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