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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.

== Cities ===== Vancouver ===Most populated cities it may The legality of hitchhiking is described in BC's ''Motor Vehicle Act''. According to section 182 (3), "A person must not be harder on a roadway to find ridessolicit a ride, employment or business from an occupant of a vehicle." However, especially around the Greater Vancouver Area & inward toward 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 westcoastshoulder, and if a highway includes 2 or more separate roadways, the term "roadway" refers to any one roadway separately and not to all of them collectively (...== Towns ===== Golden ======= From Lake Louise continuing on Highway 1 eastbound ====The streets split after Lake Louise - )", 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 google map. That will the shoulder of a highway, law enforcement may not be a bit tricky. Highway 1 continues strait if you continue eastboundaware 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.

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]]

=== Hope =Regions ==* [[Vancouver Island]]* [[Okanagan]]* [[Kootenays]]

==Towns == 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.* [[Hope]]* [[Golden]]* [[Osooyos]]* [[Fernie]]* [[Oliver]]* [[Okanagan Falls]]* [[Summerland]]* [[Peachland]]

 === The Okanagan Valley === 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]] ==

== Vancouver Island External links ===== General Information ===The size of the island is underestimated* [http://www.digihitch. It's like a country itself, and it is covered with rainforest, thick rainforest and as the name suggests, it rains a lot! However Vancouver Island is filled with liberal and environmentally friendly people, hippy-like if you will, therefore hitching here is very commoncom/article1318. Some parts of the island are quite rural and it can be easy to get stuck after dark html digihitch: Hitchhiking 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.===Nanaimo===Nanaimo can be difficult to hitch out of. If you're heading north, consider taking the bus from Nanaimo to Parkesville and hitching from there. After that, it can be easier to hitch on the old Island Hwy (19A), which also weaves it's way up the coast British Columbia and is much more scenic. The traffic goes slower and there are no "Illegal Hitchhiking Pickup" signs like on the main highway.its laws]

==External links==* [http://www.digihitchlegaltree.comca/article1318.html digihitchnode/671 Legaltree: Hitchhiking Is hitchhiking legal in British Columbia and its laws]BC?}