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Britannia Beach

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Britannia Beach is a small unincorporated community in the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District located approximately 55 kilometers north of Vancouver, British Columbia on the Sea-to-Sky Highway on Howe Sound. [1]

31 relations: Acid mine drainage, Anaconda Copper, Britannia Mine Museum, Britannia Mines Concentrator, Britannia Range (Canada), British Columbia, British Columbia Highway 99, Chinook salmon, Copper, EPCOR Utilities, George Henry Richards, HMS Britannia, HMS Britannia (1762), HMS Plumper (1848), Howe Sound, Hydrography, Killer whale, National Historic Sites of Canada, Pacific white-sided dolphin, Porteau Cove Provincial Park, Royal Navy, Salmon, Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, Sulfide, The Crossing (TV series), Travelers (TV series), Unincorporated area, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Vancouver Island, World War I.

Acid mine drainage

Acid mine drainage, acid and metalliferous drainage (AMD), or acid rock drainage (ARD) is the outflow of acidic water from metal mines or coal mines.

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Anaconda Copper

The Anaconda Copper Mining Company, part of the Amalgamated Copper Company from 1899 to 1915, was an American mining company.

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Britannia Mine Museum

The Britannia Mine Museum, formerly British Columbia Museum of Mining, is a nonprofit organization in Britannia Beach, 55 km kilometres north of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on the Sea-to-Sky Highway on Howe Sound.

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Britannia Mines Concentrator

The Britannia Mines Concentrator is a National Historic Site of Canada.

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Britannia Range (Canada)

The Britannia Range is a subrange of the North Shore Mountains, running along the east flank of Howe Sound just north of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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British Columbia

British Columbia (BC; Colombie-Britannique) is the westernmost province of Canada, located between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains.

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British Columbia Highway 99

Highway 99, also known as the Fraser Delta Thruway south of Vancouver, and the Sea to Sky Highway, the Squamish Highway, or Whistler Highway north of Vancouver, is the major north–south artery running through the Greater Vancouver area of British Columbia from the U.S. border, up Howe Sound through the Sea to Sky Country to Lillooet, and connecting to Highway 97 just north of Cache Creek.

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Chinook salmon

The Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) is the largest species in the Pacific salmon genus Oncorhynchus.

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Copper

Copper is a chemical element with symbol Cu (from cuprum) and atomic number 29.

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EPCOR Utilities

EPCOR Utilities Inc., formerly known as Aqualta and Eltec, is a utility company based in Edmonton, Alberta, which manages numerous municipal water and wastewater treatment facilities throughout Alberta and British Columbia.

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George Henry Richards

Admiral Sir George Henry Richards (13January182014November1896) was Hydrographer to the British Admiralty from 1864 to 1874.

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HMS Britannia

Six ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Britannia, after Britannia, the goddess and personification of Great Britain.

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HMS Britannia (1762)

HMS Britannia was a 100-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy.

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HMS Plumper (1848)

HMS Plumper was an 8-gun wooden screw sloop of the Royal Navy, the fifth and last ship to bear the name.

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Howe Sound

Howe Sound is a roughly triangular sound, or more precisely a network of fjords situated immediately northwest of Vancouver.

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Hydrography

Hydrography is the branch of applied sciences which deals with the measurement and description of the physical features of oceans, seas, coastal areas, lakes and rivers, as well as with the prediction of their change over time, for the primary purpose of safety of navigation and in support of all other marine activities, including economic development, security and defence, scientific research, and environmental protection.

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Killer whale

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National Historic Sites of Canada

National Historic Sites of Canada (Lieux historiques nationaux du Canada) are places that have been designated by the federal Minister of the Environment on the advice of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada (HSMBC), as being of national historic significance.

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Pacific white-sided dolphin

The Pacific white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens) is a very active dolphin found in the cool to temperate waters of the North Pacific Ocean.

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Porteau Cove Provincial Park

Porteau Cove Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada.

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force.

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Salmon

Salmon is the common name for several species of ray-finned fish in the family Salmonidae.

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Squamish-Lillooet Regional District

The Squamish-Lillooet Regional District is a quasi-municipal administrative area in British Columbia, Canada.

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Sulfide

Sulfide (systematically named sulfanediide, and sulfide(2−)) (British English sulphide) is an inorganic anion of sulfur with the chemical formula S2− or a compound containing one or more S2− ions.

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The Crossing (TV series)

The Crossing is an American science fiction thriller series that aired on ABC.

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Travelers (TV series)

Travelers is a science fiction television series created by Brad Wright, starring Eric McCormack, Mackenzie Porter, Jared Abrahamson, Nesta Cooper, Reilly Dolman and Patrick Gilmore.

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Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not governed by a local municipal corporation; similarly an unincorporated community is a settlement that is not governed by its own local municipal corporation, but rather is administered as part of larger administrative divisions, such as a township, parish, borough, county, city, canton, state, province or country.

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University of British Columbia

The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public research university with campuses in Vancouver and Kelowna, British Columbia.

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Vancouver

Vancouver is a coastal seaport city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia.

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Vancouver Island

Vancouver Island is in the northeastern Pacific Ocean, just off the coast of Canada.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britannia_Beach

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