Parksville is a city on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. The city lies along Highway 19A, 37 kilometres northwest of Nanaimo, 48 kilometres east of Port Alberni and 7 kilometres southeast of Qualicum Beach. The majority of Parksville's land base lies between Englishman River and French Creek, although a substantial portion of the city lies east of Englishman River, along the western shores of Craig Bay. As of the 2016 Census, Parksville's population was 12,514, representing a 4.5% increase over the 2011 Census.
Peace River South is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It was created under the name South Peace River by the Constitution Amendment Act, 1955, which split the old riding of Peace River into northern and southern portions for the 1956 B.C. election. Its current name has been in use since 1991.
Bearhole Lake Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located 5 km east of the mining community of Tumbler Ridge, on the Alberta Plateau. Established in January 2001, the park includes 17,762 ha of land in the Boreal White and Black Spruce biogeoclimatic zones within the Kiskatinaw Plateau. It is transition zone with mixed wood forests including spruce, pine, and larch. Bearhole Lake, the headwaters of the Kiskatinaw River provides habitat for trumpeter swans, yellow perch, burbot, rainbow trout, and northern pike.
Canim Beach Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located at the southwest end of Canim Lake in the Interlakes District of the South Cariboo region, adjacent to the Secwepemc Indian reserve community of Canim Lake, British Columbia just northeast of 100 Mile House. The park was established by Order-in-Council in 1956 and expanded by later legislation in 2000 and 2004 to total a current approximate of 8.2 hectares.
Kentucky Alleyne Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada.
Kiskatinaw Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada.
One Island Lake Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada.
Walhachin Oxbows Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada.
Swan Lake Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada.
Tunkwa Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located on the northern Thompson Plateau between the towns of Logan Lake (S) and Savona (N).
Rolla is a small historic farming community in the Peace River district of northeastern British Columbia, Canada. It was first founded about 1912 as a way stop and steamer landing on the Peace River. Farms were established as the prairie was open, and the soil was rich. Also, a successful oil well was drilled in 1922 establishing petroleum as an industry in the area.
The Robson Valley is a geographic region of the Canadian province of British Columbia, comprising the section of the Rocky Mountain Trench that lies southeast of the city of Prince George following the Fraser River to the Yellowhead Pass. The name is derived from Mount Robson, which stands near the entrance to the Yellowhead Pass. Communities in the Robson Valley include the settlements of Dome Creek, Crescent Spur, Dunster, and Tête Jaune Cache, with larger population concentrations in the villages of McBride and Valemount. On a map, the Robson Valley is located immediately south of the elbow in the boundary between Alberta and British Columbia. Transportation corridors through the Robson Valley include the Canadian National Railway lines, and Highways 16 and 5.
Groundbirch is a community in the north-east of British Columbia, Canada. It is on British Columbia Highway 97 approximately halfway between Dawson Creek and Chetwynd. On the east side there is Progress and to the west side there is East Pine. The Groundbirch Store is locally owned and operated. There are also two halls, the Groundbirch Hall and the McLeod Hall.
Jarvis Pass is a mountain pass in Kakwa Provincial Park in the Northern Rockies of British Columbia, Canada, located to the north of Kakwa Lake, on the British Columbia-Alberta boundary, and therefore is on the Continental Divide. It was one of the many passes surveyed as a route for the Canadian Pacific Railway in the 1870s.
Demmitt is a hamlet in northern Alberta, Canada within the County of Grande Prairie No. 1. It is located on Highway 43, approximately 77 kilometres (48 mi) northwest of Grande Prairie. The Northern Alberta Railway was built through the area in 1930 as it extended westwards towards Dawson Creek, British Columbia.
Dimsdale is a hamlet in northern Alberta, Canada, within the County of Grande Prairie No. 1. It was established on March 30th of 2001 and is located 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) south of Highway 43, approximately 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) west of Grande Prairie.
Smith is a hamlet in northern Alberta, Canada within the Municipal District of Lesser Slave River No. 124. It is located on Highway 2A, approximately 182 kilometres (113 mi) northwest of Edmonton, at the confluence of the Lesser Slave River and the Athabasca River.
Watino is a hamlet in northern Alberta, Canada within Birch Hills County. It is located on Highway 49, approximately 96 kilometres (60 mi) northeast of Grande Prairie, and has an elevation of 385 meters (1,263 ft).
The Alberta-British Columbia foothills forests are a temperate coniferous forests ecoregion of Canada. This ecoregion borders Canada's taiga and contains a mix of subarctic forest and temperate forest species as a result. This makes the region an ecotone region, or a region that acts as a buffer between two other biomes.
Kelly Lake is community in the Peace River Country of northeastern British Columbia, Canada, located just west of the border with the province of Alberta.
