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'''British Columbia''' (short: BC) is the Westernmost province of [[Canada]], the home of between the Rocky Mountains and the window on the Pacific Ocean.
The capital city is [[Victoria (Canada)|Victoria]] situated on the Vancouver Island, while [[Vancouver]] is the largest city and the third metropole of [[Canada]], but is on the mainland, not the island.
==Towns=====Golden =======From Lake Luise continuing on Highway 1 eastbound ====The streets split after Lake Luise - see that on google maplegality of hitchhiking is described in BC's ''Motor Vehicle Act''. That will According to section 182 (3), "A person must not be on a roadway to solicit a bit trickyride, employment or business from an occupant of a vehicle. Highway 1 continues strait " However, the Act defines roadways to mean "the portion of the highway that is improved, designed or ordinarily used for vehicular traffic, but does not include the shoulder, and if you continue eastbounda highway includes 2 or more separate roadways, the term "roadway" refers to any one roadway separately and not to all of them collectively (...)", albeit there are a number of highways which entirely bar pedestrian use (see external links). While this indicates that hitchhiking should be legal when standing on the shoulder of a highway, law enforcement may not be aware of the details of this legislation.
There is no town until GOLDEN. Field In practice however, hitchhiking is only a hotel very popular and a roadhouse - as far as I remembervery easy in most parts of BC. A little town on the left sideOther than where signposts expressly prohibit it, away from the Highway. Gas station Golden right at the highwayand around Vancouver, its quite bighitchhiking is perfectly fine, and you should get all your supplies you need there. Hitchhiking will not have any problem from there is ok toothe police.=== Revelstoke ===
Highly recommendable, small and beautiful mountain town, beautiful river and small lake '''It is illegal to swimm pick up Hitch hikers''' is a common sign on highways in with the locals on hot summers dayBC.. Hiking But everyone being relaxed in the national park of Revelstoke is recommendablethis province, toothey most certainly do pick up. There are easy [[User:Bella|Bella]] and a friend were hitch hiking a little bit of Vancouver island and from Vancouver to Alberta and difficult trainsdidn't have a problem. Take the car up there (many curves)Police roll on by without uttering a word as it is legal.
==Cities ==Hitchhiking from * [[Vancouver]]* [[Victoria (Canada)|Victoria]]* [[Nelson]]* [[Kelowna]]* [[Penticton]]* [[Kamloops]]* [[Revelstoke eastbound====]]* [[Squamish]]That one is tricky, cause the gas station is kind of out of the way from the highway. Better asking people at the gas station if they are going south. Try to hitch from the side of the town, before the bridge. Maybe there is a better spot before the gas station, but that needs to be explored by food.* [[Whistler]]
== Regions ==* [[Vancouver Island]]* [[Okanagan]]* [[Kootenays]]  == Towns ==* [[Hope]]* [[Golden]]* [[Osooyos]]* [[Fernie]]* [[Oliver]]* [[Okanagan Falls]]* [[Summerland]]* [[Peachland]] == Border Crossing to the [[United States of America|United States]] ==
=== Crossing to [[Montana]] ===
== Vancouver Island External links =====General Information===* [http://www.digihitch.com/article1318.html digihitch: Hitchhiking in British Columbia and its laws] The size of the island is underestimated* [http://www. It's like a country itself, and it is covered with rainforest, thick rainforest and as the name saysbclaws. It's raining a lot! ca/EPLibraries/bclaws_new/document/ID/freeside/96318_05#section182: BC Motor Vehicles Act regarding hitchhiking]
* [http://www.legaltree.ca/node/671 Legaltree: Is hitchhiking legal in BC?}
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