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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 Louise continuing on Highway 1 eastbound ====The streets split after Lake Louise - 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 ==='''It is illegal to pick up Hitch hikers''' is a common sign on highways in BC.. But everyone being relaxed in this province, they most certainly do pick up. [[User:Bella|Bella]] and a friend were hitch hiking a little bit of Vancouver island and from Vancouver to Alberta and didn't have a problem. Police roll on by without uttering a word as it is legal.
Highly recommendable, small and beautiful mountain town, beautiful river and small lake to swimm in with the locals on hot summers day. Hiking in the national park of Revelstoke is recommendable, too. There are easy and difficult trains. Take the car up there == Cities ==* [[Vancouver]]* [[Victoria (many curvesCanada).|Victoria]]* [[Nelson]]* [[Kelowna]]* [[Penticton]]* [[Kamloops]]* [[Revelstoke]]* [[Squamish]]* [[Whistler]]
==Regions ==Hitchhiking from Revelstoke eastbound====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.* [[Vancouver Island]]* [[Okanagan]]* [[Kootenays]]
==Towns = The =* [[Hope]]* [[Golden]]* [[Osooyos]]* [[Fernie]]* [[Oliver]]* [[Okanagan Valley ===Falls]]* [[Summerland]]* [[Peachland]]
Easy to get rides throughout, especially north/south along the 97, and easy to get temporary work anytime from June through October. The Okanagan is home to a large fruit and wine industry, often allowing for day-to-day temporary jobs that pay daily, with many orchard owners allowing you to camp in their orchard or providing basic picker's shacks. == 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.ca/EPLibraries/bclaws_new/document/ID/freeside/96318_05#section182: BC Motor Vehicles Act regarding hitchhiking] * [http://www. It's raining a lot! However Vancouver Island is filled with liberal and environmentally friendly people, hippy-like if you will, therefore hitching here is very commonlegaltree. Some parts of the island are quite rural and it can be easy to get stuck after dark ca/node/671 Legaltree: Is hitchhiking legal in the soaking wet, so make sure to try to get where you're going early on in the day while there's still light.BC?}
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