British Columbia

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British Columbia, province, 366,255 sq mi (948,600 sq km), including 6,976 sq mi (18,068 sq km) of water surface, W Canada.

Sections in this article:

• Introduction
• The Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries
• Confederation
• The Hudson's Bay Company Era
• Early History
• Economy and Higher Education
• Geography
• Bibliography

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