Audley in British Colombia
Gateway to the Pacific and Asia, British Columbia is perhaps best known for its coast. A chain of islands protects the Inside Passage where the Coastal Mountains rear 2,000 metres above spectacular fjords, calving icebergs into the sea from countless glaciers in a dramatic and wild landscape. These are some of the world’s greatest whale-watching waters, rich in marine life of all kinds.
The city of Vancouver is beautifully set amongst these mountains and is consistently judged one of the world’s most liveable cities: with an average age of 38 it is dynamic, exciting and cosmopolitan. Head inland and BC shelters some of Canada’s most beautiful and untouched wilderness regions: it is one of North America’s most mountainous areas and the interior is a paradise for grizzly and black bears, moose, elk and wolves. BC is rich in First Nations history; along the temperate coastal regions totem poles still attest to ancient civilisations.