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Encyclopedia > Georgia Depression

The Georgia Depression is an ecoprovince comprising southeastern Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands, and the Lower Mainland of British Columbia Canada having a population of about 3.2 million. Vancouver serves as the hub for this region. Located off Canadas Pacific coast and part of the Canadian province of British Columbia Vancouver Island is, at 32,134 square kilometers (12,407 square miles), the largest island on the western side of the Americas. ... 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. ... The Lower Mainland is the name that residents of British Columbia apply to the region surrounding the City of Vancouver. ... 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. ...


The area is in the rainshadow of the mountains on Vancouver Island and the Olympic Mountains in the state of Washington, USA. Its climate is characterized by warm dry summers and cool wet winters. Like most of the west coast of BC, Coastal Douglas fir forests are typical of this area. However, much of this part of BC is dry, flat and low elevation, with unique plant and animal habitats. The Georgia Depression is the only place in BC where Garry Oak trees and Garry Oak meadows can be found. The Olympic Mountains The Olympic Mountains are a mountain range on the Olympic Peninsula of western Washington in the United States. ... State nickname: The Evergreen State Other U.S. States Capital Olympia Largest city Seattle Governor Christine Gregoire (D) Official languages None Area 184,824 km² (18th)  - Land 172,587 km²  - Water 12,237 km² (6. ... Species See text. ... Binomial name Quercus garryana The Oregon White Oak (Quercus garryana), also known as Garry Oak, has a range from northern California to British Columbia. ...


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New Georgia Encyclopedia: Dairy Industry (1950 words)
Following a decline in the dairy herd after World War I (1917-18) that lasted through the early years of the depression, Georgia's dairy herd grew once again to a high of 419,000 head in 1935, and the price per cow fluctuated until World War II (1941-45), when it began to increase rapidly.
In Georgia pasteurization was not required, but inspections of producers selling milk were conducted by the state department of agriculture in Atlanta.
Georgia, along with most other southeastern states, is a milk-deficit state, meaning it does not produce enough milk to supply its own population.
New Georgia Encyclopedia: E. D. Rivers (1895-1967) (1344 words)
He was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in 1924 and to the state senate in 1926.
Like many of Georgia's rural county leaders, Rivers was active in both the state legislature and the Ku Klux Klan.
Despite his surface similarities to the typical Georgia county leader in the period, his biographer describes Rivers as "polished and urbane." Rivers seemed genuinely concerned for the plight of Georgia's poor farmers and eventually sought to use the power of government to help them.
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