British Columbia

Japanese: ブリティッシュ･コロンビア[州]（英語表記）British Columbia

It is a province located at the western end of Canada. With an area of 948,596 km2, it is the third largest of the 10 provinces in Canada, and its population of 3.77 million (1995) is also the third largest. Its capital is Victoria. The majority of the population is of British descent (67%), but because it faces the Pacific Ocean, there are also many Asian people, with Japanese, Chinese, and Indians making up 4% of the province's total population. The Coast Mountains run north to south in the west of the province, and the Canadian Rocky Mountains run north to south in the east. The inland plateau between them includes fertile, dry agricultural and livestock areas such as the Okanagan Valley. The coastal region is washed by the Kuroshio Current and has the best climate in Canada, and Victoria, the provincial capital, located on Vancouver Island, about an hour by ferry from the mainland, is famous as one of Canada's leading resort areas.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

カナダ西端に位置する州。面積94万8596km2はカナダ10州の中で第3位，人口377万(1995)も第3位。州都ビクトリア。イギリス系が67％と多いが，太平洋に面しているためアジア系も多く，日本人，中国人，インド人は州総人口の4％に達する。州の西方をコースト山脈が，東方をカナディアン･ロッキー山脈が南北に走り，その間の内陸高原はオーカナーガン渓谷など，肥沃で乾燥した農牧業地帯を含んでいる。沿岸地域は黒潮に洗われてカナダで最も気候のよい地域であり，本土からフェリーで1時間ほどのバンクーバー島にある州都ビクトリアはカナダ有数の保養地として有名。

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