Talk:Geography of British Columbia

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Contents 1 Structure of the article 2 Provincial Politics 3 Issue with caption of Atlin Lake satphoto 4 Fraser tributaries 5 Population 6 Biogeoclimatic zones

[edit] Structure of the article

Subtopics to be included, (see Geography of Alberta)

• Terrain
• Mountains
• Water
• Climate

maybe a geospatial map like Image:Map of Quebec (English).png from Geography of Quebec?

--feydey 11:23, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

• The Alberta and Quebec examples look limited. Even the Feature Article Geography of India is not going to win any comprehensiveness awards. Maybe I'm too ambitious but I propose the following structure:
  • Physical geography
    • Terrain
    • Mountains
    • Water
  • Bioclimatic geography
    • Ecodomains, ecodivisions and ecoprovinces
    • ecoregions and ecosections
  • Human geogarphy
    • Population
    • Migration
    • Urban
    • Rural
  • Economic geography
    • Resource extraction
    • Exporting and importing
    • Tourism and recreation
  • Political geography
    • Municipalities
    • Regional districts
    • Federal and provincial politics

I'm not confident about Manufacturing and Service as separate sections because they seem too limited. I also not confident about lumping Ecosystems into Physical Geography, because Ecosystems will be (by far) the largest section and this can probably be linked with climate a lot better in a separate Bioclimatic Geography section. --maclean25 04:39, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Provincial Politics

Added a minor edit: The BC Social Credit Party dominated politics in the province for much of "the latter part of" the twentieth century. They were not a player at all until 1952. -- Fishhead64 09:14, 07 Dec 05

[edit] Issue with caption of Atlin Lake satphoto

The photo illustrates well the narrowness of lakes in B.C.. Uh, Atlin Lake isn't very "narrow" at all; it's one of the widest natural lakes in the province - much wider than Harrison or Chilko, for example 8km wide vs. 5.5km wide ea.. I think the better term might be "elongated", maybe, or something less limiting in terms of actual width; "fjord-like" is what I've used in certain lake descriptions elsewhere (Chilko, Seton, a few others), and what they nearly all are, really, is freshwater fjords (Atlin, Babine, Morice, Takla, Quesnel, Chilko/Taseko/Tatlayoko, Okanagan, Kootenay, Shuswap, and all the restSkookum1 09:00, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

I think "fjord-like" and "elongated" both sound better than narrowness, pick one and fix the caption? feydey 10:55, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fraser tributaries

The Stuart is a tributary of the Nechako, not the Fraser; and if it's included then so should be the Bulkley. See Fraser River for hierarchy-tree of tribs from Yellowhead Pass downstream; and tribs of tribs. The McGregor River should be in here, and the Raush and Milk and Willow and Cottonwood, even if no one in the lower part of the province has heard of them.Skookum1 04:36, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

Everyone should use list of British Columbia rivers as their guide. Although it is still incomplete, it is my Bible. As well it should be - I completed a good deal of it!! As, apparently, did you! :) Fishhead64 06:03, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

I believe the table contains only British Columbia's principal rivers and as such doesn't reflect the full "hierarchy-tree of tribs" since the table would be then huge. The source is Statistics Canada and I am not saying they know everything, so if You have suggestions... feydey 03:46, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Population

The 2001 census definitley pegged vancouver with a population of over 2 million, where were the statistics in the table obtained from?

From Statistics Canada - I believe you are thinking of the "Metro Area" population. There are three numbers, each relevant in different circumstances:

a) Municipality: City of Vancouver has a population (2001) of 545,671.

b) Urban Area: Vancouver has a population (2001) of 1,829,854.

c) Metro Area: Vancouver has a population (2001) of 1,986,965.

"Urban Areas" are areas of continuous poplation density, while "Metro Areas" are defined by commuter populations. So, for instance "White Rock" is a separate Urban Area, because of the gap between the developed area of Surrey and the developed area of White Rock/South Surrey. However, it's a part of the Metro Area of Vancouver, because of the major commuter flow between White Rock and Vancouver. The table lists Urban Areas. That's why it might be slightly smaller than other numbers you've seen. AshleyMorton 13:21, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Biogeoclimatic zones

Hi everyone, I noticed that while the Ecoregions of BC are sourced they don't actually meet the standard biogeoclimatic zones of BC as used by the government of BC or most researchers and industry people in the province. The BEC system is pretty unique to BC and is very well laid out. Would anyone be upset if I re-did this section and possibly moved it to its own page? Stealth cat 15:20, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

Probably a good idea as it will, when complete, be fairly lengthy in its own right. But just to note that there are several geographic classification systems for BC; the ecoregions as you note are different from the biogeoclimatic zones (I used to have the provincially-published map of them; beautiful, huh?), and there's also Holland's classification by landform (used for the mountain range and plateau systems in the Category:Mountain ranges of British Columbia and also the traditional "country" divisions (see Category:Interior of British Columbia for starters on that) and still others, e.g. geological classifications like the volcanic systems that User:Black Tusk works so assiduously on. As per the discussion on Talk:Lower Mainland there's further nomenclatural/classification systems, largely derived from either the RD system, the LD system, or any number of government ministries and agencies, e.g. MoE regional boundaries are different from MoF or Health Boards or whatever else. An overlapping jigsaw, and too changeable for use as a category system (the "countries" system isn't, which is why I preferred it and launched those categories). Geological regions of British Columbia might also be a good article, if someone has the wherewithal and knowledge to write it, as also with your Biogeoclimatic zones of British Columbia and Ecoregions of British Columbia and so on.Skookum1 17:09, 17 August 2007 (UTC)