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British Columbia, Your Dreams By: Noah Grassley and Carson Himmelberger Climate: Economy: Major Cities: Major Landforms: Major Bodies of Water: Four Fun Facts:
 * mild winds from Pacific ocean to warm coast and to cool it in summer
 * moist ocean winds bring lots of rain to coastal regions, especially autumn and winter
 * gets rain, melted snow, and other precipitation
 * east of the ranges may be dry
 * mining the coal and copper are important[[image:jsyret/carson6.jpg width="228" height="106" align="right"]]
 * farmed salmon comes in handy for fishing income
 * forests cover more than half of British Columbia and they harvest most timber in the interior land
 * the first major city is Prince Rupert, the population is 12,815, also it has the second largest port population
 * Vancouver is the most popular city in British Columbia, it also has the busiest port
 * Victoria is the capital and retired people make up a fourth of the population, and its population is 78,051
 * Coast Ranges stretches from California to British Columbia and it is about 2,500 [[image:jsyret/grassley.jpg width="169" height="255" align="right"]]mi. long
 * Vancouver island is the largest island on the Pacific ocean off the coast of British Columbia, and covers 12,079 mi.
 * Cascade Range is about 700 mi. long and contains volcanoes including Mt. St. Helens
 * Takakkaw Falls has its main fall dropping at 833 ft., and it is near the eastern border[[image:jsyret/carson_4.jpg width="300" height="223" align="right"]] of British Columbia
 * The Fraser River extends 850 mi. long and the river was named after Simon Fraser
 * Yukon River is one of the largest river in North America and is frozen up to 7 months of the year
 * a male elk stands about 5 ft. tall at shoulder and can weigh from 700 to 1,100 lbs.[[image:jsyret/carson1.gif align="right"]]
 * British Columbia is the third largest province and is larger than California, Oregon, and Washington combined
 * more than half of British Columbians live in the Vancouver, Victoria region
 * Fort Vancouver was established in 1825 and served as a supply post for the Hudson's Bay Company, a British fur trading company

Sources:
 * World book Student
 * Google/images