Capital H is a regional district electoral area in Capital Regional District, British Columbia. The RDA consists of Salt Spring Island, which is located off the coast of Vancouver Island, north of Victoria, British Columbia. The RDA is also known as the Salt Spring Island Electoral Area. Categories: Regional districts of British Columbia | Geographic regions of British Columbia | Canada-place stubs ... Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Splendour without diminishment) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Lieutenant Governor Iona Campagnolo Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Area 944,735 km² (5th) - Land 925,186 km² - Water 19,549 km² (2. ... Salt Spring Island is the largest, most populated, and most visited of the Gulf Islands chain, named by officers of the Hudsons Bay Company for the cold and briny saltwater springs on the north end of the island. ... Vancouver Island is a large island in British Columbia, Canada, off the Pacific coast. ... Victoria is a Canadian city, and the provincial capital of British Columbia. ...
According to the Canada 2001 Census: The Canada 2001 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. ...
1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Physical Features.British Columbia is essentially a mountainous country, for the Rocky Mountains which in the United States lie to the east of the GreatBasin, on running to the north bear toward the west and approach the ranges which border the Pacific coast.
At an early stage in the Glacial period BritishColumbia was covered by the Cordilleran glacier, which moved south-eastwards and north-westwards, in correspondence with the ruling features of the country, from a gathering-ground situated in the vicinity of the 57th parallel.
The chief cities are Victoria, the capital, on Vancouver Island; and Vancouver on the mainland, New Westminster on the Fraser and Nanaimo on Vancouver Island.
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