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Britannia Beach Destination Guide

Touring Britannia Beach in Canada

Britannia Beach in the region of British Columbia is located in Canada - some 2,198 mi or ( 3537 km ) West of Ottawa , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Britannia Beach

Time in Britannia Beach is now 04:33 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " America/Vancouver " with a UTC offset of -7 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Bellingham, Everett, Friday Harbor, Mount Vernon, and Olympia. Being here already, consider visiting Bellingham . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Britannia Beach ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

View from the The Chief, Squamish, BC

0:14 min by elchango89
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View from the top of the first peak of The Chief in Squamish, BC. www.vancouvertrails.com ..

Britannia Classic 2012 - Push Culture News

6:48 min by Push Culture
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We wrapped up our trip to Canada with the Britannia Classic presented by Hawgs wheels. Lee Cation with Unkle Events did a great job putting together this awesome race!! Can't wait for Whistler!! Congr ..


Tourism Squamish Kite Boarding

1:15 min by brudderproductions
Views: 3094 Rating: 5.00

1 of 10 commercial vignettes shot for Tourism Squamish in British Columbia, Canada. The videos were a mix of RED, Canon 5D and HVX footage shot over the summer of 2009. www.brudder.ca/tourismsquamish ..

Shannon Falls - near Squarmish - BC., Canada.

1:52 min by RicoBergholdtHansen
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On the way back from Whistler to Vancouver (April 19th, 2008), I made a short stop at Shannon Falls near the town of Squarmish (after the Squarmish Indians). Shannon Falls is the third highest waterfa ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Britannia Beach, British Columbia

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. It has a population of about 300. The community first developed between 1900 and 1904 as the residential area for the staff of the Britannia Mining and Smelting Company.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 49.63 -123.18 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: Company towns in Canada, Copper mines in Canada, Environmental disasters in Canada, Heritage sites in British Columbia, Mining communities in British Columbia, National Historic Sites in British Columbia, Populated places in the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, Populated places on the British Columbia Coast, Sea-to-Sky Corridor, Unincorporated settlements in British Columbia

Watts Point volcanic centre

The Watts Point volcanic centre is a small outcrop of Pleistocene age volcanic rock at Watts Point in British Columbia, Canada, about 10 kilometres south of Squamish and 40 kilometres north of Vancouver, and just north of Britannia Beach. It is the southernmost volcanic zone in the Squamish volcanic field and of the Garibaldi segment of the Cascade Volcanic Arc. The latest research indicates that it is most likely a subglacial mound.

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Located at 49.65 -123.22 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Garibaldi Volcanic Belt, Pleistocene volcanoes, Sea-to-Sky Corridor, Subduction volcanoes, Subglacial mounds of Canada, Volcanoes of British Columbia

Woodfibre, British Columbia

Woodfibre, originally Britannia West, was a pulp mill and at one time a small town, on the west side of upper Howe Sound near Squamish, British Columbia. The mill closed in March 2006.

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Located at 49.66 -123.25 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Company towns in Canada, Ghost towns in British Columbia, Populated places in the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, Sea-to-Sky Corridor, Unincorporated settlements in British Columbia

Shannon Falls Provincial Park

Shannon Falls Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. It is located 58 kilometers from Vancouver and 2 kilometers south of Squamish along the Sea to Sky Highway. Shannon Falls is the third highest waterfall in British Columbia. The park covers an area of 87 hectares . The main point of interest is Shannon Falls, the third highest waterfall in BC, where water falls from a height of 335 meters .

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Located at 49.67 -123.16 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Provincial Parks of British Columbia, Sea-to-Sky Corridor, Waterfalls of British Columbia

Stawamus Chief

The Stawamus Chief (often referred to as simply The Chief, or erroneously as the Squamish Chief) is a granite dome located adjacent to the town of Squamish, British Columbia. It towers over 700 m above the waters of nearby Howe Sound. It is often claimed to be the "second largest granite monolith in the world. " The Sḵwxwú7mesh, indigenous people from this area, consider the Chief to be a place of spiritual significance.

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Located at 49.69 -123.14 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Climbing areas of Canada, Granite domes, Mountains of British Columbia, Natural monoliths, Sea-to-Sky Corridor, Squamish