British Columbia
About British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost province of Canada. Situated in the Pacific Northwest between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains, the province has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, forests, lakes, mountains, inland deserts, and grassy plains. British Columbia borders the province of Alberta to the east; the territories of Yukon and Northwest Territories to the north; the US states of Washington, Idaho, and Montana to the south; and Alaska to the northwest. With an estimated population of 5.68 million as of 2025, it is Canada's third-most populous province. The capital of British Columbia is Victoria, while the province's largest city is Vancouver. Vancouver and its suburbs together make up the third-largest metropolitan area in Canada, with the 2021 census recording 2.6 million people in Metro Vancouver. British Columbia is Canada's third-largest province in terms of total area, after Quebec and Ontario.
On the show — 19 mentions total
There's a great story, sort of like a gap year, where a woman writes to her sister, who's Canadian, and says, my son, your nephew's got his gap year, and he'd be landing in Newfoundland. I wonder if you could pick him up, and her sister lived in British Columbia. She sent her reply back saying, why don't you, you're nearer.
from 244: No Such Thing As A Fishman, 2018-11-23 at 00:31:30 · read transcript
Other times British Columbia came up
This one comes from Mike Gray from Radium Hot Springs in British Columbia, Canada. Accent does not work. Anyway, Mike Gray says, I am the mayor of Radium Hot Springs in British Columbia. And I thought our town might have a little fact for little fish. The village is named after the nearby hot springs, which were renamed in 1915 after scientists discovered trace amounts of radon, a radioactive gas in the water.
Little Fish: It's Nice To Say Titicaca, 2026-05-31 · listen
I think they were named because crows, generally speaking, build their nests quite high up at the top of trees. Looks like a bird nest. They look massive, don't they? Exactly. Although there was a study in British Columbia. that found 45% of crow's nests are built on the ground. Blown a few myths there. Really, all the ships' crowsnests should have been just on the day. 45% of them should have been. That's great.
No Such Thing As A Suspicious Duffel Bag, 2022-12-02 · listen
She goes on to put the headline, which is, mysterious screams on BC Island, British Columbia, I imagine, turn out to be from a sad goat, royal Canadian mounted police say. Yeah, there was basically a lot of sounds off in the bottom of a ravine in British Columbia in Quadra Island. The Mounties say it didn't come from a person in distress, but rather a sad goat.
No Such Thing As An Honest Washing Machine, 2023-12-28 · listen
More places from this episode
244: No Such Thing As A Fishman put 10 places on the map.
- Toronto · Canada
- Ontario · Canada
- Northampton · United Kingdom
- University of British Columbia · Canada
- Ottawa · Canada
Coordinates: 54.0000, -125.0000