The official provincial flower is Dodwood. The provincial bird is Steller's Jay. The provincial gemstone is jade. The provincial tree is Western red cedar. The Provincial mitto is "splendour without diminishment. The capital of British Columbia is Victoria.

  B.C total land and freshwater area is 95 million hectares, larger then France and Germany combined...only 30 countries are larger then British Columbia. British Columbia occupies about 10 per cent of Canada's land surface.

  Since 1992 alone, over four million hectares of B.C have been permanently protected. More than 280 new parks and protected area have been created in the time... 10.6%of the province has now been set aside, representing more than 10 million hectares.
 

  B.C is Canada's most attractive film and TV location, generating a record $630 million in direct spending to the provincal economy in 1997... More then 25,000 British Colombians are employed in the industry... 20 TV series, including The X-Files, were produced in B.C last year(now moved to C.A), as was the largest film production ever completed in the province Michael Crichton's Easters of the Dead.

  Tourist Haven: Money spent by overnight visitors increased to a record $8.3billion in 1996. A 1997 study by ARG reported a remarkable 99 per cent trip satisfaction.. Most popular categories of tourism activity reported are outdoor recreation, city activities and visiting attractions and cultural events.

  Most famous cities and attractions are, Vancouver, Victoria, Rocky Mountains, Kamloops, Okanagan, Revelstoke and Prince George.