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Map Pages 000Photo Pages 000

AAboriginal people 296-300

art 298culture 13, 13history 280, 284, 296

accommodations 312-13, 314, see also individual locations

activities 18, 20-2, 28, 33-8, see also individual activities

air travel 320, 321, 322Alaska Highway 248, 250-1,

260-4Alberta 39, 42-109, 278, 43

accommodations 42climate 42, 44food 42highlights 43history 44itineraries 45travel seasons 42travel to/from 44-5

amusement parks 68animals 287-91, see also

individual speciesarea codes 17, 318art galleries, see museums

& galleriesarts 18, 292-5, see also

literatureATMs 316avalanches 224

BBanff National Park 11, 72-

100, 74, 11, 27, 30Banff Town 78-88, 80Bar U Ranch 103Bard on the Beach 294Barkerville 239bears 241, 287, 288, 291,

2, 12

Beaver Creek 264beer 18, 111, 308-9, see also

breweriesBella Coola Valley 240-1bicycling, see cycling,

mountain bikingBig White Ski Resort 221bighorn sheep 290, 30birds 290Blackfoot Crossing

Historical Park 106Blackfoot people 106boat travel 17, 321, 322-3books 278, 293-4border crossings 319Bowen Island 151Bowron Lake Provincial Park

238, 30Brandywine Falls Provincial

Park 155breweries

Canmore 75-6Granville Island

Brewing 125Jasper Brewing Co 99Longwood Brewpub 184Saltspring Island

Ales 199Tofino Brewing Company

189Vancouver 140Yaletown Brewing

Company 141Yellowhead Brewery 54

British Columbia 40, 110-251, 278, 112-13

accommodations 110climate 110food 110, 111, 213highlights 112-13internet resources 111tours 310travel seasons 110travel to/from 111

budget 17Burnaby 150-1Burwash Landing 264

bus travel 17, 320-1, 323business hours 17, 317

CCalgary 59-72, 60-1

accommodations 64-7drinking & nightlife 69-70entertainment 70-1festivals & events 64food 67-9history 59shopping 71sights 61-3tours 64travel to/from 72travel within 72

Calgary Stampede 12, 21, 279, 12

Campbell River 195Canmore 74-6canoeing and kayaking 28,

35-6, 254Banff Town 82Broken Group Islands

Unit 188Yukon River 10, 10Yukon Territory 257-8,

268-9Cape Scott Provincial

Park 198car travel 17, 32, 323-5Carcross 268Cariboo 238-41caribou 289Carmacks 268Carmanah Walbran

Provincial Park 181Cathedral Provincial Park

211cell phones 16, 318Chilcotin 238-41children, travel with

amusement parks 68Calgary 68Edmonton 55food 305Vancouver 123

Chilkoot Trail 267-8cideries 181cinema, see filmclimate 16, 20-2climate change 267, 320coffee 310Comox Valley 194-5Cook, Captain James 281cooking courses 305-6Coombs 185-6courses

cooking 305-6wine 310

Cowichan Valley 180-2coyotes 291Cranbrook 233credit cards 316Crowsnest Pass 108culture 18, 278-9currency 16customs regulations 313-14cycling 33-4, 322, see also

mountain bikingBanff Town 82Calgary 65Icefields Parkway 77Kettle Valley Rail Trail 221Legacy Trail 82Swartz Bay 178Vancouver 128Yukon Territory 258

Ddance 294Dawson City 14, 269-75,

270, 14deer 289, 291Dempster Highway 275-6Denman Island 193Destruction Bay 264Dinosaur Provincial Park 102Dinosaur Trail 100-1dinosaurs 13, 100, 101,

102, 13disabilities, travelers with

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diseases 315distilleries 162, 181diving 35, 290dogsledding 254drinking & nightlife 310,

see also individual locations

drinks 307-10, see also beer, breweries, cideries, tea, wine

driver’s licenses 324driving, see car travelDrumheller 13, 100-2, 13

EEC Manning Provincial

Park 204-5economy 278-9Edmonton 45-58, 46, 48-9

accommodations 50-2activities 47drinking & nightlife 54-5entertainment 55-6food 52-4history 46shopping 56-7sights 47-50tours 50travel to/from 57travel within 57

Edmonton Fringe Theatre Festival 22

Edmonton International Fringe Festival 56

eels 290electricity 314elk 289, 8, 27Elk Island National Park 58emergencies 17events, see festivals &

eventsexchange rates 17

FFernie 231-3ferry travel, see boat travelfestivals & events 20-2

arts 129beer 129, 309carnivals 50, 64, 129children’s 64, 129cultural 129, 130, 273film 84, 129, 159food 129, 159, 203,

214, 304gay & lesbian 129, 159jazz 129, 214literary 84, 130music 64, 129, 154,

214, 273

rodeos 50, 64sports 159theater 50, 129wildlife 265wine 129, 159, 304, 309

film 278, 294-5fishing 35floods 279food 18, 301-6, 314, 315,

see also individual locations

football 38Fort Langley 151-2Fraser River Canyon 205Fraser Valley 204-7, 205Function Junction 158fur trade 281

GGaliano Island 202-3galleries, see museums &

galleriesGaribaldi Provincial Park

155gay travelers 314giardiasis 315Gibsons 163-4Glacier National Park 228gold 282Golden 228-9Golden Mile 308Goldstream Provincial

Park 177Great Bear Rainforest 241Gwaii Haanas National

Park Reserve 244-5

HHaida Gwaii 13, 244-7,

299-300, 13Haida people 245Haines 265-6Haines Highway 264-6Haines Junction 262-3Head-Smashed-In Buffalo

Jump 102-3, 297-8health 314-15hiking 28, 31, 33, 34

Banff National Park 82-3Chilkoot Trail (Yukon)

267-8Goldstream Provincial

Park 177Jasper National Park 95Juan de Fuca Provincial

Park 179Kluane National Park &

Reserve 263-4Lake Louise 90

Legacy Trail 82Revelstoke 228Sunshine Coast Trail 165West Coast Trail 188Whistler 158-9Yukon Territory 267-8

history 18, 28, 280-6hitchhiking 325hockey 38holidays 317-18Hornby Island 193horseback riding 37-8,

83, 95Hyder (Alaska) 251

Iice skating 96ice wine 308Icefields Parkway 12,

76-8, 12immigration 320insects 32Inside Passage 11, 322, 11insurance

car 323health 314travel 315

internet access 315-16internet resources 111itineraries 23-6, 23, 24,

25, 26

JJasper National Park 9,

72-100, 92, 8-9Jasper Town 92-100, 94Johnson, Pauline 298Johnson’s Crossing 262Jory, Victor 295Juan de Fuca Marine

Trail 179Juan de Fuca Provincial

Park 179

KKamloops 205-7Kananaskis 73-4kayaking, see canoeing &

kayakingKelowna 216-21, 218Kermode bear 241Kettle Valley Rail Trail 221Kimberley 233kiteboarding 37Klondike gold rush 269Klondike Highway 266-9Kluane National Park &

Reserve 14, 263-4, 15

Kootenay National Park 231, 29

Kootenays 223-38, 226-7

LLake District 109Lake Louise 88-92, 89language 16Legacy Trail 82legal matters 316lesbian travelers 314Lethbridge 103-5literature 278, 293-4live music, see musicLyme disease 315

MMackenzie, Alexander 281Mackenzie Highway 109maps 316markets

Coombs 185Edmonton 57Kelowna 219Nelson 236North Pender Island 202Richmond 152Salt Spring Island 199Vancouver 122, 123-4,

138, 148Victoria 176Whistler 156

Mayne Island 10, 204, 10medical services 315Minto 268mobile phones 16, 318money 16, 314, 316-17moose 289, 290motorcycle travel 323-5mountain biking 33-4

Canmore 75Fernie 232Jasper 95Penticton 213-14Quadra Island 196Whistler 158

Mt Assiniboine Provincial Park 230

Mt Revelstoke National Park 227-8

museums & galleries 18, 280, 292

Alberta Railway Museum 48

Art Gallery of Alberta 47, 19

Art Gallery of Calgary 63Art Gallery of Greater

Victoria 168-9

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Banff Park Museum 81Beatty Biodiversity

Museum 126Glenbow Museum 61Emily Carr House 169Hot Art Wet City 123HR Macmillan Space

Centre 128Military Museums 63Museum of Vancouver

125Robert Bateman Centre

167Royal Alberta Museum

47Royal BC Museum 167Science World 122-3Ukranian Museum of

Canada 49Vancouver Art

Gallery 117Vancouver Maritime

Museum 125Whyte Museum of the

Canadian Rockies 79music 295

NNanaimo 182-5, 183national & regional parks

27-32Banff National Park 11,

72-100, 74, 11, 27Bowron Lake Provincial

Park 238, 30Brandywine Falls

Provincial Park 155Cape Scott Provincial

Park 198Carmanah Walbran

Provincial Park 181Cathedral Provincial

Park 211Dinosaur Provincial

Park 102EC Manning Provincial

Park 204-5Elk Island National

Park 58Garibaldi Provincial

Park 155Glacier National Park

228Goldstream Provincial

Park 177Gwaii Haanas National

Park Reserve 244-5

Jasper National Park 9, 72-100, 92, 9

Juan de Fuca Provincial Park 179

Kluane National Park & Reserve 14, 263-4, 15

Kootenay National Park 231, 29

Mt Assiniboine Provincial Park 230

Mt Revelstoke National Park 227-8

Pacific Rim National Park Reserve 187-8

Strathcona Provincial Park 195-6

Tombstone Territorial Park 276

Waterton Lakes National Park 105-8

Wells Gray Provincial Park 239

Wood Buffalo National Park 109

Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park 105

Yoho National Park 229-30, 29

Nelson 234-7New Westminster 151North Pacific Cannery 243North Pender Island 201-2North Vancouver 147-9North Vancouver Island

196-8

Ooctopuses 290Okanagan Valley 207-23,

307, 209, 19Oliver 212Olympic games 278, 285-6opening hours 17, 317Osoyoos 208-11

PPacific Rim National Park

Reserve 187-8painting 292Parksville 185-6passports 320Peace River 108-9Pemberton 162Penticton 212-16phone cards 318planning

British Columbia basics 16-17

budgeting 17calendar of events 20-2

climate 16, 20-2internet resources 17itineraries 23-6regions 39-40travel seasons 16, 20-2

population 279Port Alberni 186-7postal services 317Powell River 165Prince George 248-50Prince Rupert 241-4public holidays 317-18

QQuadra Island 196Qualicum Beach 185-6Queen Charlotte Islands,

see Haida Gwaii

RRadium Hot Springs 231rafting

Banff Town 83Fraser River Canyon 205Jasper 96

religion 279Revelstoke 224-7Richmond 152-3road rules 324Roberts Creek 164rock climbing 28, 34-5

Canmore 75Penticton 214

Rocky Mountains 12, 223-38, 226-7

Rossland 234

Ssafe travel 32, 324salmon 290, 291Salmon Glacier 251Salt Spring Island 199-201Saturna Island 203-4scenic drives

Dinosaur Trail 100-1Highway 1 206Jasper Town to Maligne

Lake 93Okanagan Lake 214Robert Campbell

Highway 262Yukon Territory 262

seafood 301Sechelt 164-5Service, Robert 255Siksika people 106, 281Skagway (Alaska) 266-7skiing & snowboarding 28,

35, 36

Banff Town 83Canmore 75Jasper 96Big White Ski Resort 221Lake Louise 90Penticton 214Revelstoke 224-7Whistler 10, 157, 10

Smithers 247snowboarding, see skiing &

snowboardingsoccer 38sourtoe 274South Pender Island

201-2Southern Gulf Islands 10,

199-204, 200, 10Southern Vancouver Island

177-80sports 38spruce beetles 265Squamish 153-5Stanley Park 9, 117, 120, 9Steveston 152-3Stewart 251Stewart Crossing 268-9Stewart-Cassiar Highway

248, 250storm-watching 189Strathcona Provincial Park

195-6surfing 37

Ttaxes 316-17tea 180, 310Telegraph Cove 198telephone services 16, 318Teslin 262theater 294Thompson Valley 204-7,

205time 16, 234, 318tipping 317Tofino 189-91Tombstone Territorial

Park 276totem poles 247, 285, 13tourist information 318tours 325, see also

individual locationsAboriginal cultural 300beer 310food 305national parks 32wine 310

train travel 17, 321, 325transcontinental railway

282-3

Map Pages 000Photo Pages 000

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Columbia & the Canadian Rockies 320-1

travel within British Columbia & the Canadian Rockies 17

traveler’s checks 317TV 294-5

UUcluelet 191-3Unesco World Heritage

sites 28Banff National Park 11,

72-100, 74, 11, 27Dinosaur Provincial

Park 102Gwaii Haanas National

Park Reserve 244Head-Smashed-In

Buffalo Jump 102-3Jasper National Park 9,

72-100, 82, 9Kluane National Park &

Reserve 14, 263-4, 14Kootenay National Park

231, 29Waterton Lakes National

Park 105-8Wood Buffalo National

Park 109Yoho National Park

229-30

Vvacations 317-18Vancouver 114-47, 115,

118-19accommodations 130-3activities 127-8

children, travel with 123drinking & nightlife

139-41entertainment 141-3festivals & events 129-30food 13, 133-9, 13gay & lesbian

travelers 141history 114, 127itineraries 116shopping 143-5sights 114-27tourist information 145tours 128-9travel to/from 145-6travel within 146-7

Vancouver International Film Festival 22

Vancouver International Jazz Festival 21

Vancouver Island 14, 166-98, 166-7, 15

Vancouver, Captain George 281

vegetarian travelers 304Vernon 221-3Victoria 167-77, 168, 170

accommodations 172-3activities 169drinking & nightlife 174-5festivals & events 171-2food 173-4entertainment 175shopping 175-6sights 167-9tours 171travel to/from 176-7travel within 177

visas 16, 319

Wwalking, see hikingWaterton Lakes National

Park 105-8Watson Lake 261-2weather 16, 20-2, see also

individual regionswebsites, see internet

resourcesWells Gray Provincial

Park 239West Coast Trail 188West Nile virus 315West Vancouver 149-50whale watching 169-71, 288Whistler 10, 155-63, 156,

5, 10Whitehorse 255-60, 256

accommodations 258-9activities 257-8drinking 259food 259shopping 259sights 255-7tours 258travel to/from 260travel within 260

white-water rafting, see rafting

wildlife, see animals, birds, wildlife watching

wildlife watching 19, 28, 111, 287-91

Williams Lake 239windsurfing 37wine 18, 299, 307-8, 310wine regions

Southern Gulf Islands 199, 203

Okanagan Valley 210-11, 209, 19

Vancouver Island 181wolves 288-9women travelers 319Wood Buffalo National

Park 109work 319Writing-on-Stone

Provincial Park 105

YYoho National Park 229-

30, 29Yukon Quest 20Yukon River 10, 10Yukon Territory 40, 252-76,

279, 253accommodations 252climate 252culture 254food 252highlights 253history 254tourist information 255travel seasons 252travel to/from 255

Zzoos

BC Wildlife Park 206Calgary Zoo 61-2Valley Zoo 55Victoria Bug Zoo 169

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John LeeJohn would like to thank the too-numerous-to-mention visitor center staff as well as the hundreds of locals he met en route for their friendly tips and advice for places to check out. He’d also especially like to thank his father – William Lee – for first bringing him to Vancou-ver for a visit from the UK during the Expo ’86 world exposition all those years ago.

Brendan SainsburyThanks to all the bus drivers, tourist info vol-unteers, Parks Canada guides, restaurateurs, coffee baristas, theatrical performers and indie punk rockers who helped me during my research. Special thanks to my wife Liz and seven-year-old son Kieran for their company on the road, and to my sis-in-law Tina Varughese for putting me up in Calgary.

Ryan Ver BerkmoesThe number of folks to thank outnumber Ker-mode bears, but here’s a few: Russ Lester, my fearless co-pilot, the opinionated Susan Clarke, the organized Karla Zimmerman and the pinch-hitting Korina Miller. It’s always good to share BC with John Lee. At LP, I am deeply indebted to the indefatigable Mark Griffiths, Martine Power and Saralinda Turner, who showed in-credible understanding when I needed it. And while there may not be golden bears, there is the golden Alexis Averbuck, who discovered and shared my love for this beautiful part of the world.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTSClimate map data adapted from Peel MC, Finlayson BL & McMahon TA (2007) ‘Updated World Map of the Köppen-Geiger Climate Classification’, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 11, 1633¬44.

Transit map: Vancouver TransLink Map © TransLink 2013.

Cover photograph: Banff National Park, Alberta, Stefan Damm/4Corners

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THIS BOOKThis 6th edition of Lonely Planet’s British Columbia & the Canadian Rockies guidebook was researched and written by John Lee, Ryan Ver Berkmoes and Brendan Sainsbury. This guidebook was commissioned in Lonely Planet’s Oakland

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Path/Walking Trail

BeachBird SanctuaryBuddhistCastle/PalaceChristianConfucianHinduIslamicJainJewishMonumentMuseum/Gallery/Historic BuildingRuinSento Hot Baths/OnsenShintoSikhTaoistWinery/VineyardZoo/Wildlife SanctuaryOther Sight

DivingBodysurfing

Sleeping

Eating

Entertainment

Shopping

Drinking & NightlifeCafe

BankEmbassy/ConsulateHospital/MedicalInternetPolicePost OfficeTelephoneToiletTourist InformationOther Information

Airport

Border crossingBART station

BusBoston T station

CyclingFerry

Underground station

MonorailParking

Metro/Muni station

Petrol stationSubway/SkyTrain stationTaxiTrain station/RailwayTram

Other Transport

LighthouseHut/ShelterBeach

LookoutMountain/VolcanoOasisParkPassPicnic AreaWaterfall

River, CreekIntermittent River

Swamp/Mangrove

Reef

Canal

Water

Dry/Salt/Intermittent Lake

Glacier

Mudflat

Beach/Desert

Airport/Runway

Cemetery (Christian)

Cemetery (Other)

Park/Forest

Sportsground

Sight (Building)

International

DisputedRegional/SuburbMarine ParkCliffWall

Capital (National)Capital (State/Province)City/Large TownTown/Village

State/Province

Camping

Canoeing/KayakingCourse/TourSkiingSnorkelingSurfingSwimming/PoolWalkingWindsurfingOther Activity

LaneTertiary

TollwayFreewayPrimary

StepsPlaza/Mall

Pedestrian overpass

Secondary

Unsealed roadRoad under construction

Tunnel

Cable car/Funicular

Sights

Activities,Courses & Tours

Sleeping

Eating

Drinking & Nightlife

Entertainment

Shopping

Information Routes

Boundaries

Hydrography

Areas

Geographic

Population

Transport

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