Question

What is the capital of the province of British Columbia, Canada?

Answer 1

Hint: The province of British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's ten provinces. It is bordered on the north by Yukon and the Northwest Territories, on the east by Alberta, on the south by the US states of Montana, Idaho, and Washington, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean and the US state of Alaska's southern panhandle region. At its broadest point, it runs 730 miles (1,180 kilometres) north to south and 640 miles (1,030 kilometres) east to west.

Complete answer:
Victoria is the capital of British Columbia, Canada, and is situated on the southern point of Vancouver Island, between the Juan de Fuca and Haro straits, about 60 miles (100 kilometres) south-southwest of Vancouver, the province's largest city. Victoria is the island's most populous city. It boasts the mildest winter climate of any Canadian city, and its abundance of parks and natural spaces have earned it the moniker "garden city." Above all, Victoria is a city whose architecture, gardens, museums, urban squares, place names, and English-style pubs reflect its British heritage and colonial past.

In 1849, the British crown colony of Vancouver Island was established, with Fort Victoria as its capital. A tiny settlement grew up around the fort as more residents arrived. The community site had been formally surveyed by the early 1850s, and the settlement was christened to Victoria in 1852. Agriculture, forestry, and coal interests had supplanted fur interests at this time, but there were never more than a few hundred residents until the discovery of gold in 1858 along the Fraser River's banks and later in the interior Cariboo region of mainland British Columbia.

Note: A rush of 25,000–30,000 gold seekers (many of them American and Chinese) altered the region, especially Victoria, overnight. The majority of them used Victoria as a port of entry to the mainland and as a supply centre for their mining businesses. British Columbia was also made a royal colony in 1858.