National Historic Sites

Site	Date(s)	Designated	Location	Description	Image
223 Robert Street	1905 (completed)	1990	Victoria Victoria, British Columbia Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian... 48°25′45.22"N 123°23′19.92"W	A good example of the Queen Anne Revival Style Queen Anne Style architecture The Queen Anne Style in Britain means either the English Baroque architectural style roughly of the reign of Queen Anne , or a revived form that was popular in the last quarter of the 19th century and the early decades of the 20th century...  in domestic architecture.
Abbotsford Sikh Temple	1912 (completed)	2002	Abbotsford Abbotsford, British Columbia Abbotsford is a Canadian city located in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, adjacent to Greater Vancouver. It is the fifth largest municipality in British Columbia, home to 123,864 people . Its Census Metropolitan Area, which includes the District of Mission, is the 23rd largest in Canada,... 49°3′2.91"N 122°18′27.11"W	The oldest surviving Sikh temple Gurdwara A Gurdwara , meaning the Gateway to the Guru, is the place of worship for Sikhs, the followers of Sikhism. A Gurdwara can be identified from a distance by tall flagpoles bearing the Nishan Sahib ....  in Canada; the Temple played an important role in the first phase of Sikh immigration to Canada, and represents an adaptation of Sikh religious traditions to Canadian architectural norms of the early 20th century
Barkerville Barkerville, British Columbia Barkerville was the main town of the Cariboo Gold Rush in British Columbia, Canada and is preserved as a historic town. It is located on the north slope of the Cariboo Plateau near the Cariboo Mountains east of Quesnel along BC Highway 26, which follows the route of the original access to...	1862 (founded)	1924	Barkerville Barkerville, British Columbia Barkerville was the main town of the Cariboo Gold Rush in British Columbia, Canada and is preserved as a historic town. It is located on the north slope of the Cariboo Plateau near the Cariboo Mountains east of Quesnel along BC Highway 26, which follows the route of the original access to... 53°3′57"N 121°31′2"W	The epicentre of the Cariboo Gold Rush Cariboo Gold Rush The Cariboo Gold Rush was a gold rush in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Although the first gold discovery was made in 1859 at Horsefly Creek, followed by more strikes at Keithley Creek and Antler Horns lake in 1860, the actual rush did not begin until 1861, when these discoveries were... , the catalyst for the economic and political development of British Columbia; the town was eventually abandoned and became a ghost town Ghost town A ghost town is an abandoned town or city. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economic activity that supported it has failed, or due to natural or human-caused disasters such as floods, government actions, uncontrolled lawlessness, war, or nuclear disasters... , but restoration commenced in 1958
Bay Street Drill Hall	1915 (completed)	1989	Victoria Victoria, British Columbia Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian... 48°26′6.75"N 123°21′50.16"W	A two-storey drill hall Drill hall A drill hall is a place such as a building or a hangar where soldiers practice and perform military drill. In the United Kingdom and Commonwealth, the term was also used for the whole headquarters building of a military reserve unit, which usually incorporated such a hall...  with Tudor Revival elements, built during the 1896 to 1918 period when over 100 drill halls and armouries were erected across Canada; its scale reflects the dramatic increase in military participation following Canada’s performance during the Second Boer War Second Boer War The Second Boer War was fought from 11 October 1899 until 31 May 1902 between the British Empire and the Afrikaans-speaking Dutch settlers of two independent Boer republics, the South African Republic and the Orange Free State...
Begbie Hall Royal Jubilee Hospital The Royal Jubilee Hospital is a 400-bed general hospital in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada located about east of the city centre, in the Jubilee neighbourhood . Its name commemorates the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887...	1926 (completed)	1989	Victoria Victoria, British Columbia Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian... 48°25′55.99"N 123°19′36.06"W	A three-storey purpose-built nurses' residence Dormitory A dormitory, often shortened to dorm, in the United States is a residence hall consisting of sleeping quarters or entire buildings primarily providing sleeping and residential quarters for large numbers of people, often boarding school, college or university students... ; commemorates the growing professionalism of nursing Nursing in Canada Nurses in Canada practice nursing in a wide variety of specialties.-Education:Most provinces in Canada prefer any registered nurse to have at least a bachelor's degree , although Quebec grants RN status to graduates from CEGEP...  in the early 20th century, and the contribution of nurses to health care in Canada
Binning Residence	1941 (completed)	1998	West Vancouver 49°20′24.91"N 123°11′47.94"W	A small two-bedroom house built for artist B. C. Binning B. C. Binning Bertram Charles Binning , popularly known as B. C. Binning, was a leading Canadian artist... ; a very early illustration of the Modern movement Modern architecture Modern architecture is generally characterized by simplification of form and creation of ornament from the structure and theme of the building. It is a term applied to an overarching movement, with its exact definition and scope varying widely...  in residential architecture in Canada, with a design that had a lasting and important impact on post-war architecture throughout the 1950s and 1960s
Boat Encampment Boat Encampment Boat Encampment was a rendezvous and staging-point for the Hudson's Bay Company in the early 19th century and later a locality by that name in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was located at the "top" of the Big Bend of the Columbia north of the city of Revelstoke, British Columbia...	1811 (established)	1943	Warsaw Mountain, Red Rock Bay 52°7′0"N 118°26′0"W	First visited by David Thompson David Thompson (explorer) David Thompson was an English-Canadian fur trader, surveyor, and map-maker, known to some native peoples as "Koo-Koo-Sint" or "the Stargazer"...  in 1811, the site was an important trans-shipment point for the Hudson's Bay Company Express fur brigades moving to and from the Columbia River Columbia River The Columbia River is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. The river rises in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia, Canada, flows northwest and then south into the U.S. state of Washington, then turns west to form most of the border between Washington and the state...  across the continent; the site was flooded by hydroelectric development of the river in 1973, and the marker now rests on a point in the Sprague Bay Recreation Site
Britannia Mines Concentrator	1923 (completed)	1987	Britannia Beach Britannia Beach, British Columbia Britannia Beach is a small unincorporated community in the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District located approximately 30 kilometers north of Vancouver, British Columbia on the Sea-to-Sky Highway on Howe Sound. It has a population of about 300.... 49°37′59.83"N 123°11′59.37"W	A gravity-fed concentrator Jig concentrators Jig concentrators are devices used mainly in the mining industry for mineral processing, to separate particles within the ore body, based on their specific gravity . The particles would usually be of a similar size, often crushed and screened prior to being fed over the jig bed...  used to process copper ore for one of Canada's largest mining operations in the 1920s and 1930s; illustrative of the innovation that made the Britannia Mines an important site in Canadian mining history
Britannia Shipyard	1890 (established)	1991	Richmond Richmond, British Columbia Richmond is a coastal city, incorporated in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Part of Metro Vancouver, its neighbouring communities are Vancouver and Burnaby to the north, New Westminster to the east, and Delta to the south, while the Strait of Georgia forms its western border... 49°7′15.87"N 123°10′9.22"W	A boatworks and shipyard located along the south arm of the Fraser River Fraser River The Fraser River is the longest river within British Columbia, Canada, rising at Fraser Pass near Mount Robson in the Rocky Mountains and flowing for , into the Strait of Georgia at the city of Vancouver. It is the tenth longest river in Canada...  part of Steveston Steveston, British Columbia Steveston was originally a small town near Vancouver, British Columbia, but has since been absorbed into the city of Richmond, British Columbia.... 's historic "Cannery Row"; noted for its historic association with the construction and repair of salmon fishery boats for Canada's Pacific Coast salmon fishery Fishing industry in Canada Canada has one of the world's most valuable commercial fishing industries, worth more than CAD $5 billion a year and providing more than 120,000 jobs to Canadians...
Butchart Gardens Butchart Gardens The Butchart Gardens is a group of floral display gardens in Brentwood Bay, British Columbia, Canada, located near Victoria on Vancouver Island. The gardens receive more than a million visitors each year...	1904 (established)	2004	Brentwood Bay Brentwood Bay, British Columbia Brentwood Bay, is a small neighbourhood in the municipality of Central Saanich, on the Saanich Peninsula. It lies north of the city of Victoria and south of Sidney on the southern tip of Vancouver Island. Situated on the Saanich Inlet, it includes the Butchart Gardens, the Victoria Butterfly... 48°33′55"N 123°28′10"W	Internationally-known garden Garden A garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the display, cultivation, and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature. The garden can incorporate both natural and man-made materials. The most common form today is known as a residential garden, but the term garden has... s, including remarkable Sunken Garden in a former limestone quarry Quarry A quarry is a type of open-pit mine from which rock or minerals are extracted. Quarries are generally used for extracting building materials, such as dimension stone, construction aggregate, riprap, sand, and gravel. They are often collocated with concrete and asphalt plants due to the requirement... ; unique combination of 3 aspects of Canadian gardening history: early 20th-century estate garden, early twentieth century beautification movement, and the Victorian bedding out system
Chee Kung Tong Building	1877 (completed)	2008	Barkerville Barkerville, British Columbia Barkerville was the main town of the Cariboo Gold Rush in British Columbia, Canada and is preserved as a historic town. It is located on the north slope of the Cariboo Plateau near the Cariboo Mountains east of Quesnel along BC Highway 26, which follows the route of the original access to... 53°3′59.97"N 121°31′0.07"W	A two-storey board and batten Batten A batten is a thin strip of solid material, typically made from wood, plastic or metal. Battens are used in building construction and various other fields as both structural and purely cosmetic elements...  structure originally used by the Chee Kung Tong organization, a benevolent association for recent arrivals; illustrates the community building among immigrant Chinese History of Chinese immigration to Canada This is the history of Chinese immigration to Canada.The first recorded visit by Chinese people to North America can be dated to 1788, with the employment of 30-50 Chinese shipwrights at Nootka Sound in what is now British Columbia, who built the first European-type vessel in the Pacific Northwest,...  labourers and merchants in new settlements throughout Canada
Chilkoot Trail Chilkoot Trail The Chilkoot Trail is a 33 miles trail through the Coast Mountains that leads from Dyea, Alaska in the United States, to Bennett, British Columbia in Canada....	1896-1900 (gold rush)	1987	Bennett Bennett, British Columbia Bennett, British Columbia, Canada is an abandoned town next to Bennett Lake. It was built during the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897–99 at the end of the White Pass and Chilkoot Trails from nearby ports of Skagway and Dyea in Alaska... 59°46′3.09"N 135°6′46.63"W	A traditional transportation route through the Coast Mountains Coast Mountains The Coast Mountains are a major mountain range, in the Pacific Coast Ranges, of western North America, extending from southwestern Yukon through the Alaska Panhandle and virtually all of the Coast of British Columbia. They are so-named because of their proximity to the sea coast, and are often... , connecting the upper Yukon River Yukon River The Yukon River is a major watercourse of northwestern North America. The source of the river is located in British Columbia, Canada. The next portion lies in, and gives its name to Yukon Territory. The lower half of the river lies in the U.S. state of Alaska. The river is long and empties into...  in B.C. with the Taiya Inlet Taiya Inlet The Taiya Inlet is part of the upper Lynn Canal located in the U.S. state of Alaska. The Taiya Inlet is an estuary which lies in a deep valley, with Skagway, Alaska at its north end and the remainder of the Lynn Canal at its south end.-History:...  in Alaska Alaska Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait... ; famous as the route used by thousands of prospectors Prospecting Prospecting is the physical search for minerals, fossils, precious metals or mineral specimens, and is also known as fossicking.Prospecting is a small-scale form of mineral exploration which is an organised, large scale effort undertaken by mineral resource companies to find commercially viable ore...  during the Klondike Gold Rush Klondike Gold Rush The Klondike Gold Rush, also called the Yukon Gold Rush, the Alaska Gold Rush and the Last Great Gold Rush, was an attempt by an estimated 100,000 people to travel to the Klondike region the Yukon in north-western Canada between 1897 and 1899 in the hope of successfully prospecting for gold...
Chilliwack City Hall	1912 (completed)	1984	Chilliwack Chilliwack, British Columbia Chilliwack is a Canadian city in the Province of British Columbia. It is a predominantly agricultural community with an estimated population of 80,000 people. Chilliwack is the second largest city in the Fraser Valley Regional District after Abbotsford. The city is surrounded by mountains and... 49°10′8.4"N 121°57′23.88"W	A small Beaux-Arts style building that served as city hall Seat of local government In local government, a city hall, town hall or a municipal building or civic centre, is the chief administrative building of a city...  until 1980; a monument to civic pride at the time of its construction, it is the only pre-1930 town hall in Canada constructed entirely of reinforced concrete Reinforced concrete Reinforced concrete is concrete in which reinforcement bars , reinforcement grids, plates or fibers have been incorporated to strengthen the concrete in tension. It was invented by French gardener Joseph Monier in 1849 and patented in 1867. The term Ferro Concrete refers only to concrete that is...
Chinese Cemetery at Harling Point	1903 (established)	1995	Oak Bay Oak Bay, British Columbia Oak Bay is a municipality located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, in the Canadian Province of British Columbia, Canada. A member municipality of the Capital Regional District, it is a community east of and adjacent to the City of Victoria... 48°24′24.09"N 123°19′23"W	A cemetery on the shore of the Strait of Juan de Fuca Strait of Juan de Fuca The Strait of Juan de Fuca is a large body of water about long that is the Salish Sea outlet to the Pacific Ocean...  with the largest concentration of pre-1950 Chinese mortuary features in Canada; a memorial to Chinese-Canadian Chinese Canadian Chinese Canadians are Canadians of Chinese descent. They constitute the second-largest visible minority group in Canada, after South Asian Canadians...  pioneer immigrants
Christ Church	1861 (completed)	1994	Hope Hope, British Columbia Hope is a district municipality located at the confluence of the Fraser and Coquihalla rivers in the province of British Columbia, Canada. Hope is at the eastern end of both the Fraser Valley and the Lower Mainland region, and is at the southern end of the Fraser Canyon... 49°22′51.69"N 121°26′38.85"W	A wooden Anglican parish Anglican Church of Canada The Anglican Church of Canada is the Province of the Anglican Communion in Canada. The official French name is l'Église Anglicane du Canada. The ACC is the third largest church in Canada after the Roman Catholic Church and the United Church of Canada, consisting of 800,000 registered members...  church in the Gothic Revival Gothic Revival architecture in Canada Gothic Revival architecture in Canada is an historically influential style, with many prominent examples. The Gothic Revival was imported to Canada from Britain and the United States in the early nineteenth century, and rose to become the most popular style for major projects throughout the late...  style built at the height of the Gold Rush Gold rush A gold rush is a period of feverish migration of workers to an area that has had a dramatic discovery of gold. Major gold rushes took place in the 19th century in Australia, Brazil, Canada, South Africa, and the United States, while smaller gold rushes took place elsewhere.In the 19th and early...  era; the oldest church in British Columbia on its original foundation
Church of Our Lord Church of Our Lord (Victoria, British Columbia) The Church of Our Lord, built in 1876 and located at 626 Blanshard Street Victoria, British Columbia, is an historic Carpenter Gothic church that is designated as a National Historic Site of Canada. It has been affiliated with the Reformed Episcopal Church since its beginning.-External links:* *...	1875 (completed)	1990	Victoria Victoria, British Columbia Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian... 48°25′14.03"N 123°21′51.55"W	A Reformed Episcopal Reformed Episcopal Church The Reformed Episcopal Church is an Anglican church in the United States and Canada and a founding member of the Anglican Church in North America...  church designed by John Teague John Teague John Teague was a Canadian architect and mayor of Victoria, British Columbia.Born in Cornwall, United Kingdom, Teague left the UK in 1856 spending some time in California before emigrating to British Columbia in 1858. He was an alderman and mayor of Victoria from 1894 to 1895.-References:... ; it is one of the finest examples of Carpenter Gothic Carpenter Gothic Carpenter Gothic, also sometimes called Carpenter's Gothic, and Rural Gothic, is a North American architectural style-designation for an application of Gothic Revival architectural detailing and picturesque massing applied to wooden structures built by house-carpenters...  on the west coast of Canada British Columbia Coast The British Columbia Coast or BC Coast is Canada's western continental coastline on the Pacific Ocean. The usage is synonymous with the term West Coast of Canada....
Church of the Holy Cross Church of the Holy Cross, Skatin The Church of the Holy Cross is a National Historic Site of Canada, located on one of the Indian Reserves of the Skatin First Nation, in southwestern British Columbia. It is located on the east side of the Lillooet River on BC's first inland Gold Rush trail, the Douglas Road...	1906 (completed)	1981	Skookuchuck Hot Springs Skookumchuck Hot Springs, British Columbia T'sek Hot Springs, near the First Nation community of Skookumchuck and more recently as Skatin is on the historic Harrison Lillooet Gold Rush trail in the Lillooet River valley, south of Lillooet Lake, in British Columbia, Canada... 49°56′19.06"N 122°24′23.68"W	Renowned example of a Carpenter Gothic Carpenter Gothic Carpenter Gothic, also sometimes called Carpenter's Gothic, and Rural Gothic, is a North American architectural style-designation for an application of Gothic Revival architectural detailing and picturesque massing applied to wooden structures built by house-carpenters...  mission church, built by In-SHUCK-ch In-SHUCK-ch Nation The In-SHUCK-ch Nation, also known as Lower Lillooet people, are a small First Nations Tribal Council on the lower Lillooet River south of Pemberton-Mount Currie in the Canadian province of British Columbia...  craftsmen; its distinctive profile renders it a landmark in the Skatin First Nation community
Congregation Emanu-El	1863 (completed)	1979	Victoria Victoria, British Columbia Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian... 48°25′39"N 123°21′40.93"W	A two-storey brick synagogue Synagogue A synagogue is a Jewish house of prayer. This use of the Greek term synagogue originates in the Septuagint where it sometimes translates the Hebrew word for assembly, kahal...  constructed just 5 years after the arrival of the first Jewish settlers in B.C. in 1858; the oldest surviving synagogue in Canada Oldest synagogues in Canada The designation of the Oldest synagogue in Canada requires careful use of definitions, and must be divided into two parts, the oldest in the sense of oldest surviving building, and the oldest in the sense of oldest congregation... , and a rare surviving example of a Romanesque Revival Romanesque Revival architecture Romanesque Revival is a style of building employed beginning in the mid 19th century inspired by the 11th and 12th century Romanesque architecture...  style synagogue in this country
Craigdarroch Castle Craigdarroch Castle Craigdarroch Castle in Victoria, British Columbia, is a historic, Victorian-era Scottish Baronial mansion. The mansion was designated a National Historic Site of Canada due to its landmark status in Victoria.-Description:...	1890 (completed)	1992	Victoria Victoria, British Columbia Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian... 48°25′21.31"N 123°20′37.33"W	A mansion of Scottish Baronial design located on a hill overlooking downtown Victoria; built to assert the wealth and stature of the industrialist Robert Dunsmuir Robert Dunsmuir Robert Dunsmuir was a Scottish-Canadian coal miner, railway developer, industrialist and politician. -Origins in Scotland:... , it is a noted example of an eclectic Eclecticism Eclecticism is a conceptual approach that does not hold rigidly to a single paradigm or set of assumptions, but instead draws upon multiple theories, styles, or ideas to gain complementary insights into a subject, or applies different theories in particular cases.It can sometimes seem inelegant or...  mansion in the west
Craigflower Manor House	1856 (completed)	1964	View Royal View Royal, British Columbia View Royal is a town in Greater Victoria and a member municipality of the Capital Regional District of British Columbia, Canada. View Royal has a population of approximately 8000 residents and was incorporated as a municipality in December 1988.... 48°27′9.54"N 123°25′17.82"W	A timber frame Timber framing Timber framing , or half-timbering, also called in North America "post-and-beam" construction, is the method of creating structures using heavy squared off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large wooden pegs . It is commonplace in large barns...  building built for the Puget Sound Agricultural Company; one of the key buildings of Craigflower Farm, one of Western Canada Western Canada Western Canada, also referred to as the Western provinces and commonly as the West, is a region of Canada that includes the four provinces west of the province of Ontario.- Provinces :... 's first farming communities and symbolic of the region's transition from the fur trade North American Fur Trade The North American fur trade was the industry and activities related to the acquisition, exchange, and sale of animal furs in the North American continent. Indigenous peoples of different regions traded among themselves in the Pre-Columbian Era, but Europeans participated in the trade beginning...  to settlement
Craigflower Schoolhouse	1855 (completed)	1964	View Royal View Royal, British Columbia View Royal is a town in Greater Victoria and a member municipality of the Capital Regional District of British Columbia, Canada. View Royal has a population of approximately 8000 residents and was incorporated as a municipality in December 1988.... 48°27′9.54"N 123°25′17.82"W	Built to serve children from Craigflower Farm and nearby settlements, the schoolhouse School A school is an institution designed for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is commonly compulsory. In these systems, students progress through a series of schools...  has been preserved virtually intact and is the oldest surviving school building in Western Canada Western Canada Western Canada, also referred to as the Western provinces and commonly as the West, is a region of Canada that includes the four provinces west of the province of Ontario.- Provinces :...
Dominion Astrophysical Observatory Dominion Astrophysical Observatory The Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, located on Observatory Hill, in Saanich, British Columbia, was completed in 1918 by the Canadian government. Proposed and designed by John S...	1918 (completed)	2001	Saanich Saanich, British Columbia The District of Saanich is a municipality on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. It is located north of the provincial capital, Victoria. It has a population of 108,265 people, making it the most populous municipality on Vancouver Island, and the seventh most populous in the province... 48°31′11.26"N 123°25′4.9"W	An observatory Observatory An observatory is a location used for observing terrestrial or celestial events. Astronomy, climatology/meteorology, geology, oceanography and volcanology are examples of disciplines for which observatories have been constructed...  clad in painted white metal panels and featuring classically-inspired architectural embellishments; it is a world-renowned facility where many discoveries about the nature of the Milky Way Milky Way The Milky Way is the galaxy that contains the Solar System. This name derives from its appearance as a dim un-resolved "milky" glowing band arching across the night sky...  were made, and it was one of the world’s main astrophysical research Astrophysics Astrophysics is the branch of astronomy that deals with the physics of the universe, including the physical properties of celestial objects, as well as their interactions and behavior...  centres until the 1960s
Doukhobor Suspension Bridge	1913 (completed)	1995	Castlegar Castlegar, British Columbia Castlegar is the second largest city in the West Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada. It is located within the Selkirk Mountains at the confluence of the Kootenay and Columbia Rivers. It is a regional trade and transportation centre, with a local economy fueled by forestry, mining and tourism... 49°19′3.05"N 117°37′46.89"W	A suspension bridge Suspension bridge A suspension bridge is a type of bridge in which the deck is hung below suspension cables on vertical suspenders. Outside Tibet and Bhutan, where the first examples of this type of bridge were built in the 15th century, this type of bridge dates from the early 19th century...  that spans the Kootenay River Kootenay River The Kootenay is a major river in southeastern British Columbia, Canada and the northern part of the U.S. states of Montana and Idaho. It is one of the uppermost major tributaries of the Columbia River, which is the largest North American river that empties into the Pacific Ocean... , built by the Doukhobours; a symbol of Doukhobour culture and one of the few remaining pre-Second World War built resources connected with this group
Emily Carr House Emily Carr House Emily Carr House is a National Historic Site of Canada located in Victoria, British Columbia. It was the childhood home of Canadian painter Emily Carr, and had a lasting impression on her paintings and writings.-Early history:...	1864 (completed)	1964	Victoria Victoria, British Columbia Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian... 48°24′49.68"N 123°22′12"W	A two-storey Picturesque Picturesque Picturesque is an aesthetic ideal introduced into English cultural debate in 1782 by William Gilpin in Observations on the River Wye, and Several Parts of South Wales, etc. Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty; made in the Summer of the Year 1770, a practical book which instructed England's... -Italianate Italianate architecture The Italianate style of architecture was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. In the Italianate style, the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century Italian Renaissance architecture, which had served as inspiration for both Palladianism and...  style house; associated with Emily Carr Emily Carr Emily Carr was a Canadian artist and writer heavily inspired by the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast. One of the first painters in Canada to adopt a post-impressionist painting style, Carr did not receive widespread recognition for her work until later in her life... , who was born in this house
Empress Hotel The Empress (Hotel) The Fairmont Empress is one of the oldest and most famous hotels in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Located on Government Street facing the Inner Harbour, the Empress has become an iconic symbol for the city itself...	1908 (initially completed)	1981	Victoria Victoria, British Columbia Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian... 48°25′18.66"N 123°22′4.69"W	A nationally-significant Château Châteauesque Châteauesque is one of several terms, including Francis I style, and, in Canada, the Château Style, that refer to a revival architectural style based on the French Renaissance architecture of the monumental French country homes built in the Loire Valley from the late fifteenth century to the... -style hotel, built for the Canadian Pacific Railway Canadian Pacific Railway The Canadian Pacific Railway , formerly also known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a historic Canadian Class I railway founded in 1881 and now operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, which began operations as legal owner in a corporate restructuring in 2001...
Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Roundhouse	1913 (completed)	1992	Victoria Victoria, British Columbia Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian... 48°25′47.74"N 123°22′52.42"W	A roundhouse Roundhouse A roundhouse is a building used by railroads for servicing locomotives. Roundhouses are large, circular or semicircular structures that were traditionally located surrounding or adjacent to turntables...  surrounded by railway shops and outbuildings; virtually unchanged since its construction, it is representative of the steam railway era in Canada Rail transport in Canada Canada has a large and well-developed railway system that today transports primarily freight. There are two major privately owned transcontinental freight railway systems, the Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Railway. Nation-wide passenger services are provided by the federal crown...
Esquimalt Naval Sites CFB Esquimalt Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt is Canada's Pacific Coast naval base and home port to Maritime Forces Pacific and Joint Task Force Pacific Headquarters....	1865 (established)	1995	Esquimalt Esquimalt, British Columbia The Township of Esquimalt is a municipality at the southern tip of Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. It is bordered to the east by the provincial capital, Victoria, to the south by the Strait of Juan de Fuca, to the west by Esquimalt Harbour and Royal Roads, to the northwest by the... 48°25′56.19"N 123°25′54.57"W	Four sites at the heart of CFB Esquimalt CFB Esquimalt Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt is Canada's Pacific Coast naval base and home port to Maritime Forces Pacific and Joint Task Force Pacific Headquarters.... : Her Majesty’s Canadian (HMC) Dockyard, the former Royal Navy Hospital, the Veterans’ Cemetery and the Cole Island Magazine; illustrative of years of naval history, from the era of the British Royal Navy Royal Navy The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...  to the modern Royal Canadian Navy Royal Canadian Navy The history of the Royal Canadian Navy goes back to 1910, when the naval force was created as the Naval Service of Canada and renamed a year later by King George V. The Royal Canadian Navy is one of the three environmental commands of the Canadian Forces...
Estate of the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia Government House (British Columbia) Government House of British Columbia is the official residence of the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, as well as that in Victoria of the Canadian monarch, and has casually been described as "the Ceremonial Home of all British Columbians." It stands in the provincial capital on a 8.9 ha ...	1865 (Vice Regal use established); 1959 (house completed)	2002	Victoria Victoria, British Columbia Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian... 48°25′6.47"N 123°20′32.76"W	A 14.6 hectares (36.1 acre) cultural landscape Cultural landscape Cultural Landscapes have been defined by the World Heritage Committee as distinct geographical areas or properties uniquely "..represent[ing] the combined work of nature and of man.."....  serving as the residence of the Governors and Lieutenant Governors of the province since 1865
First Crossing of North America	1793 (arrival of Mackenzie)	1924	Bella Coola Bella Coola, British Columbia Bella Coola is a community of approximately 600 at the western extremity of the Bella Coola Valley. Bella Coola usually refers to the entire valley, encompassing the settlements of Bella Coola proper , Lower Bella Coola, Hagensborg, Saloompt, Nusatsum, Firvale and Stuie... 52°22′43"N 127°28′14"W	Located in Sir Alexander Mackenzie Provincial Park Sir Alexander Mackenzie Provincial Park Sir Alexander Mackenzie Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. Located at the mouth of Elcho Harbour on Dean Channel, it enshrines the farthest point west reached by Alexander Mackenzie and the rock he marked to commemorate his journey.-External links:*... , the site of the farthest point west reached by Alexander Mackenzie during the first journey across the continent of North America north of Mexico
Fisgard Lighthouse Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Site Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Site in Colwood, British Columbia, on Fisgard Island at the mouth of Esquimalt Harbour, is the site of Fisgard Lighthouse, the first lighthouse on the west coast of Canada.-History:...	1860 (completed)	1958	Colwood Colwood, British Columbia Colwood is a city located on Vancouver Island to the southwest of Victoria, capital of British Columbia. Colwood was incorporated in 1985 and has a population of approximately 15,000 people. Colwood lies within the boundaries of the Victoria Census Metropolitan area or Capital Regional District,... 48°25′49.4"N 123°26′51.27"W	The first permanent lighthouse Lighthouse A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses or, in older times, from a fire, and used as an aid to navigation for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways....  on the Pacific coast of Canada British Columbia Coast The British Columbia Coast or BC Coast is Canada's western continental coastline on the Pacific Ocean. The usage is synonymous with the term West Coast of Canada.... , built to mark the entrance to Esquimalt Harbour Esquimalt Harbour Esquimalt Harbour is a sheltered body of water in Greater Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. It is connected to the Strait of Juan de Fuca by a narrow channel known as Royal Roads. Its entrance is marked by Fisgard Lighthouse....
Former Vancouver Law Courts Vancouver Art Gallery The Vancouver Art Gallery is the fifth-largest art gallery in Canada and the largest in Western Canada. It is located at 750 Hornby Street in Vancouver, British Columbia...	1911 (completed)	1980	Vancouver Vancouver Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,... 49°16′58.35"N 123°7′13.67"W	Landmark courthouse that serves as an enduring symbol of the justice system in British Columbia, now used as the Vancouver Art Gallery Vancouver Art Gallery The Vancouver Art Gallery is the fifth-largest art gallery in Canada and the largest in Western Canada. It is located at 750 Hornby Street in Vancouver, British Columbia... ; representative of the rapid growth and optimism of Vancouver at the time of its construction
Former Victoria Law Courts	1888 (completed)	1981	Victoria Victoria, British Columbia Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian... 48°25′33.6"N 123°22′7.68"W	The first major public building constructed by the provincial government after union with Canada, built to house the Supreme Court of British Columbia Supreme Court of British Columbia The Supreme Court of British Columbia is the superior trial court for the province of British Columbia. The BCSC hears civil and criminal law cases as well as appeals from the Provincial Court of British Columbia. Including supernumerary judges, there are presently 108 judges... ; now serves as the home of the Maritime Museum of BC
Fort Alexandria Alexandria, British Columbia Alexandria or Fort Alexandria is a National Historic Site of Canada on the Fraser River in British Columbia, and was the end of the Old Cariboo Road and the Cariboo Wagon Road...	1821 (established)	1925	Alexandria Alexandria, British Columbia Alexandria or Fort Alexandria is a National Historic Site of Canada on the Fraser River in British Columbia, and was the end of the Old Cariboo Road and the Cariboo Wagon Road... 52°37′58.8"N 122°27′0"W	Established as a trading post by the North West Company North West Company The North West Company was a fur trading business headquartered in Montreal from 1779 to 1821. It competed with increasing success against the Hudson's Bay Company in what was to become Western Canada... , it was the last post the company would build before its merger with the Hudson’s Bay Company; there are no known above ground remains of the fort
Fort Hope	1848 (established)	1927	Hope Hope, British Columbia Hope is a district municipality located at the confluence of the Fraser and Coquihalla rivers in the province of British Columbia, Canada. Hope is at the eastern end of both the Fraser Valley and the Lower Mainland region, and is at the southern end of the Fraser Canyon... 49°22′42.54"N 121°26′39.51"W	Site of a Hudson's Bay Company Hudson's Bay Company The Hudson's Bay Company , abbreviated HBC, or "The Bay" is the oldest commercial corporation in North America and one of the oldest in the world. A fur trading business for much of its existence, today Hudson's Bay Company owns and operates retail stores throughout Canada...  post
Fort Kamloops	1812 (first fort established)	1924	Kamloops	Site of North West Company North West Company The North West Company was a fur trading business headquartered in Montreal from 1779 to 1821. It competed with increasing success against the Hudson's Bay Company in what was to become Western Canada...  and Hudson's Bay Company Hudson's Bay Company The Hudson's Bay Company , abbreviated HBC, or "The Bay" is the oldest commercial corporation in North America and one of the oldest in the world. A fur trading business for much of its existence, today Hudson's Bay Company owns and operates retail stores throughout Canada...  posts
Fort Langley Fort Langley National Historic Site Fort Langley is a former trading post of the Hudson's Bay Company, now located in the village of Fort Langley, British Columbia. Commonly referred to as "the birthplace of British Columbia", it is designated a National Historic Site of Canada and administered by Parks Canada.-A new fort:After John...	1839 (established)	1923	Fort Langley Fort Langley, British Columbia Fort Langley is a village with a population of 2,700 and forms part of the Township of Langley. It is the home of Fort Langley National Historic Site, a former fur trade post of the Hudson's Bay Company.-History:... 49°10′5.16"N 122°34′17.76"W	The site of a Hudson’s Bay Company post located on the south banks of the Fraser River Fraser River The Fraser River is the longest river within British Columbia, Canada, rising at Fraser Pass near Mount Robson in the Rocky Mountains and flowing for , into the Strait of Georgia at the city of Vancouver. It is the tenth longest river in Canada... ; the colony of British Columbia was proclaimed at Langley in 1858
Fort McLeod McLeod Lake, British Columbia McLeod Lake is an unincorporated community located on Highway 97 in northern British Columbia, Canada, north of Prince George. It is notable for being the first continuously inhabited European settlement established west of the Rocky Mountains in present-day Canada...	1805 (established)	1953	McLeod Lake McLeod Lake, British Columbia McLeod Lake is an unincorporated community located on Highway 97 in northern British Columbia, Canada, north of Prince George. It is notable for being the first continuously inhabited European settlement established west of the Rocky Mountains in present-day Canada... 54°59′5"N 123°2′43"W	The site of the first fur-trading post built by the North West Company North West Company The North West Company was a fur trading business headquartered in Montreal from 1779 to 1821. It competed with increasing success against the Hudson's Bay Company in what was to become Western Canada...  west of the Rocky Mountains Canadian Rockies The Canadian Rockies comprise the Canadian segment of the North American Rocky Mountains range. They are the eastern part of the Canadian Cordillera, extending from the Interior Plains of Alberta to the Rocky Mountain Trench of British Columbia. The southern end borders Idaho and Montana of the USA... ; for two decades after it was built, the fort served as the only liaison between the two sides of the Rockies
Fort Rodd Hill Fort Rodd Hill National Historic Site Fort Rodd Hill National Historic Site is a 19th-century coastal artillery fort on the Colwood, British Columbia side of Esquimalt Harbour, . The site is adjacent to Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Site, the first lighthouse on the west coast of Canada...	1898 (established)	1958	Colwood Colwood, British Columbia Colwood is a city located on Vancouver Island to the southwest of Victoria, capital of British Columbia. Colwood was incorporated in 1985 and has a population of approximately 15,000 people. Colwood lies within the boundaries of the Victoria Census Metropolitan area or Capital Regional District,... 48°25′56.67"N 123°27′0.42"W	A coastal defence site containing three artillery batteries Artillery battery In military organizations, an artillery battery is a unit of guns, mortars, rockets or missiles so grouped in order to facilitate better battlefield communication and command and control, as well as to provide dispersion for its constituent gunnery crews and their systems... ; representative of the role of the Esquimalt Harbour Esquimalt Harbour Esquimalt Harbour is a sheltered body of water in Greater Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. It is connected to the Strait of Juan de Fuca by a narrow channel known as Royal Roads. Its entrance is marked by Fisgard Lighthouse....  fortifications in the defence of the British Empire British Empire The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom. It originated with the overseas colonies and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. At its height, it was the...  and Canada

• Fort St. James – Fur trade post founded by Simon Fraser
  Simon Fraser (explorer)
  Simon Fraser was a fur trader and an explorer who charted much of what is now the Canadian province of British Columbia. Fraser was employed by the Montreal-based North West Company. By 1805, he had been put in charge of all the company's operations west of the Rocky Mountains...
  
  , 1806. Designated: 1948 Location: Fort St. James 54.435054, -124.257131
• Fort St. John
  Fort St. John, British Columbia
  The City of Fort St. John is a city in northeastern British Columbia, Canada. A member municipality of the Peace River Regional District, the city covers an area of about 22 km² with 22,000 residents . Located at Mile 47, it is one of the largest cities along the Alaska Highway. Originally...
  
   – Site of North West Company posts, 1806–23
• Fort Steele – Site of 1887 North-West Mounted Police barracks
• Fort Victoria
  Fort Victoria (British Columbia)
  Fort Victoria was a fur trading post of the Hudson’s Bay Company, the headquarters of HBC operations in British Columbia. The fort was the beginnings of a settlement that eventually grew into the modern Victoria, British Columbia, the capital city of British Columbia.The headquarters of HBC...
  
   – Site of 1843 Hudson's Bay Company post
• Gastown Historic District
  Gastown
  Gastown is a national historic site in Vancouver, British Columbia, at the northeast end of Downtown adjacent to the Downtown Eastside. Its historical boundaries were the waterfront , Columbia Street, Hastings Street, and Cambie Street, which were the borders of the 1870 townsite survey, the proper...
  
   – Vancouver's first downtown core. Designated: 2009 Location: Vancouver 49.284322, -123.108834
• Gitanyow
  Gitanyow, British Columbia
  Gitanyow is a First Nations reserve community of the Gitxsan people, located on the Kitwanga River 8 km south of Kitwancool Lake, at the confluence of Kitwancool Creek....
  
   (Kitwancool) – Gitksan village
• Gitwangak Battle Hill (formerly Kitwanga Fort) – Site of an 18th century hilltop fort and nearby Gitwangak village with totem poles. Designated: 1971, 1981 (totem poles), 2006 (name change) Location: Kitwanga (Battle Hill) 55.121185, -128.018129 and Gitwangak (totem poles) 55.099394, -128.068871
• Gold Harbour Area
  Gold Harbour, British Columbia
  Gold Harbour, was a gold and silver mine and camp on Mitchell Inlet, part of Tasu Sound on Moresby Island in the Queen Charlotte Islands of the North Coast of British Columbia, Canada...
  
   – Site of Haida village
• Gulf of Georgia Cannery
  Gulf of Georgia Cannery
  The Gulf of Georgia Cannery is a National Historic Site of Canada located in Steveston village in Richmond, British Columbia.Built in 1894, the Cannery echoes the days when it was the leading producer of canned salmon in British Columbia...
  
  , Steveston, Richmond – Outstanding West Coast fish processing complex and salmon cannery
  Salmon cannery
  Salmon canneries conduct the commercial canning of salmon. This fish processing industry became widespread on the Pacific coast of North America in the nineteenth century.-List of salmon canneries:Notable salmon canneries and salmon canning settlements...
  
  , 1894. Designated: 1976 Location: Richmond 49.124969,-123.186714
• Hatley Park
  Hatley Park National Historic Site
  Hatley Park National Historic Site is located in Colwood, British Columbia in Greater Victoria. It is the site of Hatley Castle, a Classified Federal Heritage Building. Since 1995, the mansion and estate have been used for the public Royal Roads University...
  
  , Colwood
  Colwood, British Columbia
  Colwood is a city located on Vancouver Island to the southwest of Victoria, capital of British Columbia. Colwood was incorporated in 1985 and has a population of approximately 15,000 people. Colwood lies within the boundaries of the Victoria Census Metropolitan area or Capital Regional District,...
  
  , Greater Victoria – Estate of Hatley Castle, built by James Dunsmuir
  James Dunsmuir
  James Dunsmuir was a British Columbian industrialist and politician. Son of Robert Dunsmuir, he was heir to his family's coal fortune. The Dunsmuir family dominated the province's economy in the late nineteenth century and were a leading force in opposing organized labour...
  
  , 1908
• Howse Pass
  Howse Pass
  Howse Pass is a pass through the Rocky Mountains. The pass was used by First Nations people such as the Kootenay and Piegan. European explorers first discovered the pass in 1806, and David Thompson explored it in 1807...
  
    An early nineteenth-century Rocky Mountain
  Canadian Rockies
  The Canadian Rockies comprise the Canadian segment of the North American Rocky Mountains range. They are the eastern part of the Canadian Cordillera, extending from the Interior Plains of Alberta to the Rocky Mountain Trench of British Columbia. The southern end borders Idaho and Montana of the USA...
  
   transportation route. First explored by Europeans in 1807. Designated: 1978 Location: Howse Pass Trail, Blaeberry River
  Blaeberry River
  The Blaeberry River is a tributary of the Columbia River in the Columbia Country of British Columbia, Canada, rising in the Canadian Rockies on the south side of Howse Pass and joining the Columbia midway between the town of Golden, at the confluence of the Kicking Horse River, and the east foot of...
  
  , and Banff National Park
  Banff National Park
  Banff National Park is Canada's oldest national park, established in 1885 in the Rocky Mountains. The park, located 110–180 kilometres west of Calgary in the province of Alberta, encompasses of mountainous terrain, with numerous glaciers and ice fields, dense coniferous forest, and alpine...
  
  , AB
  Alberta
  Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
  
   51.814869, -116.772308
• Kaslo Municipal Hall – Oldest municipal hall on British Columbia mainland, 1898
• Kicking Horse Pass
  Kicking Horse Pass
  Kicking Horse Pass is a high mountain pass across the Continental Divide of the Americas of the Canadian Rockies on the Alberta/British Columbia border, and lying within Yoho and Banff National Parks...
  
   – Traversed by Palliser
  John Palliser
  John Palliser was an Irish-born geographer and explorer. Born in Dublin, Ireland, he was the son of Colonel Wray Palliser and a brother of Major Sir William Palliser , all descendants of Dr William Palliser, Archbishop of Cashel .From 1839 to 1863, Palliser served in the Waterford Militia,...
  
   expedition, 1857–60, and route of the transcontinental railroad in 1881. Designated: 1971 Location: Yoho National Park
  Yoho National Park
  Yoho National Park is located in the Canadian Rocky Mountains along the western slope of the Continental Divide in southeastern British Columbia. Yoho NP is bordered by Kootenay National Park on the southern side and Banff National Park on the eastern side...
  
  , BC
  British Columbia
  British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
  
   and Banff National Park
  Banff National Park
  Banff National Park is Canada's oldest national park, established in 1885 in the Rocky Mountains. The park, located 110–180 kilometres west of Calgary in the province of Alberta, encompasses of mountainous terrain, with numerous glaciers and ice fields, dense coniferous forest, and alpine...
  
  , AB
  Alberta
  Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
  
    51.452519, -116.285348
• Kiix?in Village and Fortress, Barkley Sound
  Barkley Sound
  Barkley Sound, also known historically as Barclay Sound, is south of Ucluelet and north of Bamfield on the west coast of Vancouver Island and forms the entrance to the Alberni Inlet...
  
   – Archaeological sites of First Nations village and fortress with significant architectural remains
• Kitselas Canyon
  Kitselas Canyon
  Kitselas Canyon, also Kitsalas Canyon is a stretch of the Skeena River in northwestern British Columbia, Canada, between the community of Usk and the Tsimshian community of Kitselas. It was a major obstacle to steamboat travel on the Skeena River....
  
  , Skeena River
  Skeena River
  The Skeena River is the second longest river entirely within British Columbia, Canada . The Skeena is an important transportation artery, particularly for the Tsimshian and the Gitxsan - whose names mean "inside the Skeena River" and "people of the Skeena River" respectively, and also during the...
  
   – Remains of 2 aboriginal villages and petroglyphs
• Kiusta – Former Haida village
• Kootenae House – Site of North West Company post, 1807–12. Designated: 1934 Location: Invermere 50.526624, -116.045440
• Lions Gate Bridge – Outstanding engineering achievement; an undeniable and significant influence on the development of Vancouver
  Vancouver
  Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
  
  
• Malahat Building – First Victoria custom house; 1873–76; Second Empire style
• Marpole Midden aka Great Fraser Midden, Marpole area of South Vancouver – Site of midden
  Midden
  A midden, is an old dump for domestic waste which may consist of animal bone, human excrement, botanical material, vermin, shells, sherds, lithics , and other artifacts and ecofacts associated with past human occupation...
  
  , excavated in 1892
• McLean Mill
  McLean Mill National Historic Site
  McLean Mill National Historic Site is a steam-operated sawmill on Vancouver Island, officially open to tourists since July 1, 2000.-History:The mill originally ran as a family operated saw-milling business from 1926 to 1965...
  
  , Port Alberni
  Port Alberni, British Columbia
  Port Alberni is a city located in the province of British Columbia in Canada. It is the location of the head offices of the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District. The city has a total population of 17,743, and the census agglomeration area a total of 25,396....
  
   – Lumber mill complex, buildings and equipment, 1926–27
• Metlakatla Pass – Site of winter villages of Tsimshian
  Tsimshian
  The Tsimshian are an indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast. Tsimshian translates to Inside the Skeena River. Their communities are in British Columbia and Alaska, around Terrace and Prince Rupert and the southernmost corner of Alaska on Annette Island. There are approximately 10,000...
  
   peoples
• Motor Vessel BCP 45, Campbell River
  Campbell River, British Columbia
  Campbell River is a coastal city in British Columbia on the east coast of Vancouver Island at the south end of Discovery Passage, which lies along the important coastal Inside Passage shipping route...
  
   – Example of a wooden seiner, a class of BC Packers vessel intimately associated with the commercial West Coast fishery, and noted for being featured on the reverse of the Canadian five-dollar bill
• Myra Canyon Section of the Kettle Valley Railway
  Kettle Valley Railway
  The Kettle Valley Railroad was a subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway that operated in the Thompson-Okanagan region of southern British Columbia....
  
   – Outstanding engineering achievement in routing and constructing a railway in mountainous terrain
• Nan Sdins
  Ninstints
  Ninstints is the usual name in English for SGang Gwaay Llanagaay , a village site of the Haida people and part of the Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site in Haida Gwaii on the North Coast of British Columbia, Canada...
  
   (Ninstints or SGang Gwaay Llanagaay) – Remains of Haïda longhouses and totem poles; UNESCO World Heritage Site. Designated: 1981 Location: Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site 52.097937, -131.216347
• Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre
  Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre
  The Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre is a museum and interpretive centre in New Denver, British Columbia, Canada, dedicated to the history of the Japanese Canadians that were relocated to internment camps during World War II by the Canadian government .The site consists of five buildings, of which...
  
   - Associated with WWII internment of Japanese Canadians
• North Pacific Cannery, Prince Rupert
  Prince Rupert, British Columbia
  Prince Rupert is a port city in the province of British Columbia, Canada. It is the land, air, and water transportation hub of British Columbia's North Coast, and home to some 12,815 people .-History:...
  
   – Oldest extant West Coast salmon cannery
  Salmon cannery
  Salmon canneries conduct the commercial canning of salmon. This fish processing industry became widespread on the Pacific coast of North America in the nineteenth century.-List of salmon canneries:Notable salmon canneries and salmon canning settlements...
  
  , 1889
• Orpheum (Vancouver) – Ornate 1920s movie palace
• Pemberton Memorial Operating Room, Eric Martin Pavilion, Victoria – Rare surviving example of a surgical facility from the period of transition of hospitals from primarily charitable to scientific institutions
• Point Atkinson Lighthouse
  Lighthouse Park
  Lighthouse Park is a popular park in West Vancouver, Canada. Its area is about 75 hectares and it is almost completely covered with rugged, virgin rainforest. At the southermost tip of the peninsula is Point Atkinson with an impressive landmark lighthouse built in 1914 on granite boulders jutting...
  
   – Strategic light integral to growth of Vancouver harbour, 1912
• Point Ellice House / O'Reilly House – Picturesque early house and gardens, 1861, residence of Peter O'Reilly
  Peter O'Reilly
  Peter O'Reilly was a prominent settler and official in the Colony of British Columbia, now a province of Canada who held a variety of positions, most notably as the head of a commission struck to revise and allocate Indian Reserves throughout the province.O'Reilly was criticized in his time and by...
  
  
• Powell River Townsite Historic District
  Powell River, British Columbia
  Powell River is a city on the northern Sunshine Coast of southwestern British Columbia, Canada. Most of its population lives near the eastern shores of Malaspina Strait, that part of the larger Georgia Strait between Texada Island and the Mainland...
  
   – Largely intact early 20th century planned single-industry town
• Rogers' Building (Vancouver) – Intact retail building in Queen Anne Revival style; home of Rogers' Chocolates, 1903
• Rogers Pass
  Rogers Pass
  Rogers Pass is a high mountain pass through the Selkirk Mountains of British Columbia used by the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Trans-Canada Highway. The pass is a shortcut across the "Big Bend" of the Columbia River from Revelstoke on the west to Donald, near Golden, on the east...
  
   – Canadian Pacific Railway
  Canadian Pacific Railway
  The Canadian Pacific Railway , formerly also known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a historic Canadian Class I railway founded in 1881 and now operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, which began operations as legal owner in a corporate restructuring in 2001...
  
   route through Selkirk Mountains
  Selkirk Mountains
  The Selkirk Mountains are a mountain range spanning the northern portion of the Idaho Panhandle, eastern Washington, and southeastern British Columbia. They begin at Mica Peak near Coeur d'Alene, Idaho and extend approximately 320 km north from the border. The range is bounded on its west,...
  
   (in Glacier National Park
  Glacier National Park (Canada)
  Glacier National Park is one of seven national parks in British Columbia, and is part of a system of 43 parks and park reserves across Canada. It protects a portion of the Columbia Mountains. It also contains the Rogers Pass National Historic Site, designated for its importance in the construction...
  
  )
• Rossland Court House – Early regional expression of a Canadian court house, 1898–1901
• Royal Theatre (Victoria, British Columbia) – Classically inspired vaudeville
  Vaudeville
  Vaudeville was a theatrical genre of variety entertainment in the United States and Canada from the early 1880s until the early 1930s. Each performance was made up of a series of separate, unrelated acts grouped together on a common bill...
  
   theatre, 1913
• SS Moyie
  Moyie (sternwheeler)
  The Moyie is a paddle steamer sternwheeler that worked on Kootenay Lake in British Columbia, Canada from 1898 until 1957.After her nearly sixty years of service, she was sold to the town of Kaslo and restored...
  
   – Restored riverboat launched in 1898
• Saint Paul's Roman Catholic Church, Eslha7an
  Eslha7an
  Eslha7an is a Sḵwxwú7mesh village community located on the shores of North Vancouver, British Columbia. The name is from the Sḵwxwú7mesh language, translating as head bay, denoted what used to be the farthest out reaching bay enclave in the Burrard Inlet...
  
  , North Vancouver, British Columbia
  North Vancouver, British Columbia
  There are two municipalities in the Greater Vancouver region of British Columbia, Canada, that use the name North Vancouver. These are:*The City of North Vancouver...
  
   – Impressive 1884 Gothic Revival mission church
• Similkameen Spirit Trail - Symbolizes connections between spiritual and physical worlds
• Skedans
  Skedans
  Skedans, also known variously as Koona, Q'una, Koona LLnaagay, K'uuna Llnagaay, Q!o'na Inaga'-I, and Q:o'na, which are variants of its traditional name in the Haida language, is a village located at the head of Cumshewa Inlet in the Queen Charlotte Islands of the North Coast of British Columbia,...
  
   – Former Haida village
• St. Andrew's Roman Catholic Cathedral, Victoria – Excellent example of High Victorian Gothic, 1892
• St Anne's Academy, Victoria – 19th century private girls' school
• St. Roch, Vancouver Maritime Museum
  Vancouver Maritime Museum
  The Vancouver Maritime Museum is a Maritime museum devoted to presenting the maritime history of Vancouver, British Columbia, and the Canadian Arctic. Opened in 1959 as a Vancouver centennial project, it is located within Vanier Park just west of False Creek on the Vancouver waterfront. The main...
  
   – First vessel to navigate Northwest passage
  Northwest Passage
  The Northwest Passage is a sea route through the Arctic Ocean, along the northern coast of North America via waterways amidst the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans...
  
   west to east, 1928
• Stanley Park
  Stanley Park
  Stanley Park is a 404.9 hectare urban park bordering downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was opened in 1888 by David Oppenheimer in the name of Lord Stanley of Preston, the Governor-General of Canada....
  
   – Outstanding large urban park, 1890s
• Stave Falls Hydro-Electric Installation
  Stave Falls Dam
  Stave Falls Dam is a dual-dam power complex on the Stave River in Stave Falls, British Columbia, Canada . The dam was completed in 1912 for the primary purpose of hydroelectric power production. To increase the capacity of Stave Lake, the dam was raised in 1925 and the Blind Slough Dam constructed...
  
   – Excellent representation of the core period of hydro-electric technological development among the approximately 160 extant stations built between 1900–1920 across Canada
• Tanu – Former Haida village (in Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve)
• Triple Island Lighthouse
  Triple Island Lighthouse
  Triple Island is a rocky, barren islet located approximately halfway between the southwestern tip of Dundas Island and the westernmost tip of Stephens Island, islands of the North Coast of British Columbia, Canada about west of Prince Rupert...
  
   on Brown Passage, 25 mi from Prince Rupert
  Prince Rupert, British Columbia
  Prince Rupert is a port city in the province of British Columbia, Canada. It is the land, air, and water transportation hub of British Columbia's North Coast, and home to some 12,815 people .-History:...
  
   – Striking concrete station in isolated setting, 1920
• Twin Falls Tea House
  Twin Falls Tea House
  The Twin Falls Tea House National Historic Site of Canada, located in Yoho National Park, British Columbia as a resting place for hikers and trail riders in the park. The rustic structure is located near Twin Falls in the Little Yoho Valley. The first phase of construction took place about 1908...
  
   – Early rustic tea house
  Tea house
  A tea house or tearoom is a venue centered on drinking tea. Its function varies widely depending on the culture, and some cultures have a variety of distinct tea-centered houses or parlors that all qualify under the English language term "tea house" or "tea room."-Asia:In Central Asia this term...
  
   in Yoho National Park
  Yoho National Park
  Yoho National Park is located in the Canadian Rocky Mountains along the western slope of the Continental Divide in southeastern British Columbia. Yoho NP is bordered by Kootenay National Park on the southern side and Banff National Park on the eastern side...
  
  , 1923–24
• Victoria City Hall – Earliest extant western town hall; Second Empire style, 1878–1890
• Chinatown, Victoria
  Chinatown, Victoria
  The Chinatown in Victoria, British Columbia is the oldest in Canada and second in age only to San Francisco's in North America, with its beginnings in the mass influx of miners from California to what is now British Columbia in 1858. Its history goes back to the mid nineteenth century. It remains...
  
   – Oldest surviving Chinatown
  Chinatown
  A Chinatown is an ethnic enclave of overseas Chinese people, although it is often generalized to include various Southeast Asian people. Chinatowns exist throughout the world, including East Asia, Southeast Asia, the Americas, Australasia, and Europe. Binondo's Chinatown located in Manila,...
  
   in Canada with cohesive groupings of historic buildings
• Vogue Theatre
  Vogue Theatre
  Located in the heart of downtown Vancouver on 918 Granville Street, the Vogue Theatre has been one of the defining architectural achievements in Vancouver since its opening in 1941...
  
  , Theatre Row, Vancouver – Moderne style theatre, 1941
• Weir's (Taylor's) Beach Earthworks Site, Metchosin
  Metchosin, British Columbia
  The District of Metchosin is a small, coastal community in the metro Greater Victoria region of British Columbia. It is part of the Western Communities and one of the 13 regional municipalities. Many Metchosinites are small farmers . Most are retired or work outside the community...
  
  , Greater Victoria – Pre-contact site on Vancouver Island
• Whaler's Shrine Site, Yuquot, Nootka Sound
  Nootka Sound
  Nootka Sound is a complex inlet or sound of the Pacific Ocean on the rugged west coast of Vancouver Island, in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Historically also known as King George's Sound, as a strait it separates Vancouver Island and Nootka Island.-History:The inlet is part of the...
  
   – Aboriginal ritual site, shrine removed
• X̲á:ytem / Hatzic Rock, Mission
  Mission, British Columbia
  Mission, the core of which was formerly known as Mission City, is a district municipality in the province of British Columbia, Canada. It is situated on the north bank of the Fraser River overlooking the City of Abbotsford and with that city is part of the Central Fraser Valley. Mission is the...
  
   – Habitation site of Stó:lo peoples
• Yan Village Indian Site – Former Haida village
• Yuquot – Centre of the social, political and economic world of the Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nations
  Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nations
  The Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nations are a First Nations government on the west coast of Vancouver Island in the Canadian province of British Columbia...
  
  , and the first point of contact between Europeans and an indigenous people of the west coast of Canada; location of signing of the Nootka Conventions

See also

• History of British Columbia
  History of British Columbia
  British Columbia is the westernmost province in Canada. Originally politically constituted as a pair of British colonies, British Columbia joined the Canadian Confederation on July 20, 1871.-Early history :...
  
  
• List of heritage buildings in Vancouver