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British and Irish Graduates in America British and Irish Graduates in America is a non-profit entity that was formed in 2006 to provide an umbrella organization for the US alumni groups of British and Irish universities and higher education institutions ("HEI").
British and Malaysian English differences This article outlines the differences between Malaysian English or more popularly Manglish, the form of street Malaysian English spoken by most Malaysians and British English, which for the purposes of this article is assumed to be the form of English spoken in south east England, used by the British Government and the BBC and widely understood in other parts of the United Kingdom.
British anti-invasion preparations of World War II In May 1940, during World War II, German and Italian forces invaded France and the Low Countries, the ensuing Battle of France resulted in the retreat of the Allied forces, the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force and allies from the beaches of Dunkirk, and, finally, the capitulation of France.
British ants Compared to much of the rest of Europe, the UK is not a 'hot spot' for ants. The size and diversity of ant species in any area is largely determined for the highest summer soil temperature, and this being so, it is not surprising that the greatest concentration of different species is centred in the warmer parts of the country - Dorset, Hampshire, Surrey, the Isle of Wight and Kent being the 5 richest counties, with 33, 31, 29, 27 and 26 different species present respectively.
British Academy Television Awards The British Academy Television Awards, also known as the BAFTAs — or, to differentiate them from the BAFTA Film Awards, the BAFTA Television Awards — are the most prestigious awards given in the British television industry, analogous to the Emmy Awards in the United States. Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, they have been awarded annually since 1954.
British Academy Television Awards 1997 The 1997 British Academy Television Awards were held on April 29 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, as a joint ceremony with the British Academy Film Awards. To date, it is the last occasion upon which the two sets awards have been given jointly at the same event; from 1998, the Film and Television Awards were given at separate ceremonies, for the first time since 1968.
British Academy Television Awards 1998 The 1998 British Academy Television Awards were held on May 18 at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London. The ceremony was hosted by Bob Monkhouse, and it was the first occasion since 1968 that the Television Awards had been held separately from the British Academy Film Awards, instead of as a joint ceremony.
British Academy Video Games Awards In 2003, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) announced that they would be splitting their BAFTA Games Awards from the BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards. The Games Awards are given to recognize eminent computer and video games.
British African Front The British African Front (renamed from English Front for Liberty) was an organisation that stood for the rights of Anglo Africans (non-racist British descendants in Africa), who are sidelined and ignored by the South African, Namibian and Zimbabwean governments. Here, the term "British" does not refer the the British Isles, but to subjects of the British Crown.
British Agricultural Revolution The British Agricultural Revolution describes a period of agricultural development in Britain between the 16th century and the mid-19th century, which saw a massive increase in agricultural productivity and net output. This in turn supported unprecedented population growth, freeing up a significant percentage of the workforce, and thereby helped drive the Industrial Revolution.
British Aircraft Corporation The British Aircraft Corporation, or BAC, was a British aircraft manufacturer, formed from the merger (under government pressure) of English Electric Aviation Ltd., Vickers-Armstrong (Aircraft), the Bristol Aeroplane Company and Hunting Aircraft in 1960.
British Airtours Flight 28M On August 22, 1985, Flight 28M, a British Airtours Boeing 737-236 took off from Manchester International Airport in Manchester in England, on an international passenger flight to Kerkira Airport on the Greek island of Corfu. The aircraft, previously named "Goldfinch" but at the time of the accident named "River Orrin", had 131 passengers and 6 crew on the manifest.
British Airways British Airways (, ) is the largest airline of the United Kingdom and the third largest in Europe (behind Air France-KLM and Lufthansa), with more flights from Europe across the Atlantic than any other operator.
British Airways destinations British Airways flies to destinations on every inhabited continent. The following list does not include cities only served by BA Connect, GB Airways, British Mediterranean Airways, or other affiliated regional carriers - see British Airways franchise destinations for further information.
British Airways franchise destinations British Airways flies to destinations on every inhabited continent. In addition to the comprehensive list of destinations offered by British Airways itself, many more towns and cities can be reached through BA's franchise and subsidiary operations.
British Airways Flight 9 British Airways Flight 009, sometimes referred to as the Jakarta incident, was a scheduled British Airways flight from London Heathrow to Auckland, with stops in Bombay, Madras, Kuala Lumpur, Perth and Melbourne. On 24 June, 1982, the route was being flown by City of Edinburgh, a 747-200 registered , when it flew into a cloud of dust and ash thrown up by the eruption of Mount Galunggung, and all four engines failed.
British Aluminium The aluminium producer British Aluminium Ltd was originally formed as the British Aluminium Company Ltd on 7 May 1894 and was subsequently known as British Alcan Aluminium Plc (1982-1996). In the late 1880s and early 1890s, innovations in the extraction of alumina from ore (bauxite) and of converting this into aluminium by electroylsis had precipitated a drastic fall in the price of the metal.
British Amateur Rugby League Association The British Amateur Rugby League Association (BARLA) is the governing body for social and recreational rugby league in the United Kingdom. It works jointly with the Rugby Football League (the overall governing body of rugby league in the UK) by means of the RFL Community Board.
British Amateur Television Club Founded in 1949, the British Amateur Television Club (BATC) encourages and co-ordinates the activities of amateurs involved in all aspects of television as a hobby. It is the largest such specialist organisation in the world, is affiliated to the Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) and is run by its members on a voluntary, unpaid basis.
British American British Americans are Americans whose ancestry stems, either wholly or in part, from one of the four constituent nations of the United Kingdom. The term is seldom used by people to refer to themselves (less than 1% chose it in the 2000 census), and is used primarily as a demographic or historical research tool.
British American Tobacco British American Tobacco Plc (, , KLSE: BAT) (BTI on the American Stock Exchange) is the third largest cigarette company in the world. It is based in London and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index with a market capitalisation of over ÂŁ29 billion as of June 2005.
British Antarctic Survey Based in Cambridge, British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is the UK's national Antarctic operator and has an active role in Antarctic affairs. BAS is part of the Natural Environment Research Council and has over 450 staff.
British Approvals Board for Telecommunications The British Approvals Board for Telecommunications (BABT) was established in 1982 by the UK government to provide type approval services to the telecommunications terminal industry. Since that time, BABT has established itself as a Notified Body in Europe and has a number of appointments such as the IMEI allocation authority for GSM terminals under appointment from the GSM Association and the UK Comparability Review Body for the Comparable Performance Indicators (CPI) Programme.
British Approved Name A British Approved Name (BAN) is the official non-proprietary or generic name given to a pharmaceutical substance, as defined in the British Pharmacopoeia (BP). The BAN is also the official name used in many countries across the world, especially those of the Commonwealth of Nations.
British Arctic Expedition The British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Sir George Strong Nares, was sent by the British Admiralty to attempt to reach the North Pole via Smith Sound. Two ships, HMS Alert and HMS Discovery (captained by Henry Stephenson), sailed from Portsmouth on May 29, 1875.
British Archaeological Jobs Resource The British Archaeological Jobs Resource (BAJR) began in 1999 as independent organisation run by an archaeologist for archaeologists and heritage workers and now ranks alongside the national institutions of archaeology in the United Kingdom, such as the IFA, CBA, Rescue (British Archaeological Trust). There is no committee, no formal membership and no subscription; BAJR is run with major decisions, guidelines and documents put out to public vote and/or consultation from interested groups, such as the CBA, SCAUM, ALGAO or the IFA.
British Armed Forces The armed forces of the United Kingdom are known as the British Armed Forces or Her Majesty's Armed Forces, sometimes legally the Armed Forces of the CrownTheir Commander-in-Chief] is the [[British monarch, Queen Elizabeth II and they are managed by the Defence Council of the Ministry of Defence.
British Army The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. It came into being with unification of the governments and armed forces of Scotland and England into the United Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707.
British Army Aid Group The British Army Aid Group (Chinese: 英軍服務團) was a para-military organisation for British and allied forces in Southern China during the Second World War. The BAAG was officially classified in the British Army's order of battle as a MI9 unit that was responsible for assisting prisoners of war to escape from the Japanese Army's POW camps.
British Army enlisted rank insignia Enlisted ranks is not a term used in the British Army, and is only used in this article's title for the sake of consistency with rank listings in other countries; not least those of the United States. The term used to refer to all ranks below officers is Other Ranks (ORs).
British Army Infantry The British Army's Infantry is comprised of 50 battalions of Infantry, from 18 Regiments. Of these 36 battalions are part of the 'Regular' army and the remaining 14 a part of the 'Territorial' (part-time) force.
British Army Order of Precedence For the purposes of parading, the regular army of the British Army is listed according to an order of precedence. This is the order in which the various corps of the army parade, from right to left, with the unit at the extreme right being highest.
British Army Training Unit Suffield The British Army Training Unit Suffield (BATUS) is a unit located at the vast training area of Canadian Forces Base Suffield in Alberta, Canada. BATUS is generally regarded as the British Army's largest training field in the world and it can accommodate live-firing exercises up to the brigade level.
British Army Uniform The British Army uniform developed along roughly the same lines as uniforms in other European armies. Its signature colour standardised on red, for foot units, and dark blue for most others, at the end of the seventeenth century, then khaki (for everyday wear) and blue (for parade) in the 1930s.
British Art Show The British Art Show (BAS) is a major survey exhibition organised every five years to showcase contemporary British Art. The current exhibition in the series, referred to as BAS6, is touring a number of major cities within England in 2005 and 2006.
British Asian The term British Asian is used to denote a person of South Asian ancestry or origin, who was born in or was an immigrant to the United Kingdom, former heartland of the British Empire. British India made up the most populous portion of the former British Empire.
British Asians in politics of the United Kingdom British Asians have played a large role in the recent politics of the United Kingdom. People from the Indian subcontinent have had a role in the politics of the United Kingdom, starting from the British educated Indians who struggled for independence as well as Indians who became Members of Parliament.
British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia, BACSA, was set up in 1976 to care for, and to record, European cemeteries wherever the East India Company set foot. It is estimated that some two million European men, women and children are buried in the Indian subcontinent alone.
British Association for Counselling The British Association for Counselling grew from the Standing Conference for the Advancement of Counselling, a grouping of organisations inaugurated in 1970 at the instigation of the National Council for Voluntary Organisations. Membership was extended to include individuals when in 1977, with the aid of a grant from the Home Office Voluntary Service Unit, the British Association for Counselling was founded.
British Association for Emergency Medicine The British Association for Emergency Medicine (BAEM) is the representative body for emergency physicians in the United Kingdom. It was originally known as the Casualty Surgeons Association and later the British Association for Accident and Emergency Medicine.
British Association of Barbershop Singers The British Association of Barbershop Singers (BABS) is a British organization of male barbershop singers. It is affiliated to the Barbershop Harmony Society, also known as the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America (SPEBSQSA).
British Association of Cosmetic Doctors The British Association of Cosmetic Doctors was formed in (November 2001) by doctors specialising mainly in non-surgical cosmetic procedures. The main aim of the association is the advancement of safe and ethical cosmetic medicine, to the benefit of doctors and members of the public.
British Association of Homeopathic Veterinary Surgeons The British Association of Homeopathic Veterinary Surgeons, also known as the BAHVS, was founded in 1982 by a nucleus of [veterinary surgeons] with an interest in [homeopathy]: George Macleod MRCVS (President), Christopher Day MRCVS (Hon. Sec.
British Association of Mountain Guides The British Association of Mountain Guides has over 140 members, and coordinates internationally recognized training and certification programmes. The Association is a member of the International Federation of Mountain Guides Associations (IFMGA).
British Association of Symphonic Bands and Wind Ensembles The British Association of Symphonic Bands and Wind Ensembles was founded by Timothy Reynish during the First International Conference of Symphonic Bands and Wind Ensembles at the Royal Northern College of Music held in Manchester in July 1981. In the 25 years since, the organisation has supported and represented the interests of individual musicians, their bands and ensembles, conductors, directors, educators, composers and publishers.
British Association of Toy Retailers The British Association of Toy Retailers (BATR) is an association that represents their members to the United Kingdom government and the European Commission. It promotes the role of the toy retailer and the value of toys to the consumer.
British Association screw threads British Association or BA screw threads are a largely obsolete set of small screw threads, the largest being 0BA at 6 mm diameter. They were, and to some extent still are, used for miniature instruments and modelling.
British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition The British Australian (and) New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) was a research expedition into Antarctica between 1929 and 1931, funded by the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. The leader of the BANZARE was Sir Douglas Mawson and there were several subcommanders (Captain K.
British Australian Rules Football League The British Australian Rules Football League is a body for Australian rules football in the United Kingdom, including four separate competitions - the London Premiership, London Conference, Regional Premiership and the Scottish Australian Rules Football League.
British Bankers Association The British Bankers' Association (BBA) is a trade association, which represents banks and other financial services firms, either British or foreign owned, that operate in the United Kingdom. As of December 2003 there are 250 members, as well as many associate members which fund its activities.
British Basketball League 2005-06 The 2005-06 BBL season was the 19th season of the British Basketball League, which ran from September 23, 2005, through to April 11, 2006. Eleven teams took to the court for the League Championship, which saw each team play each other four times (Twice at home and twice on the road) during the regular season.
British Basketball League 2006-07 The 2006-07 BBL season, the 20th since its establishment of the British Basketball League, started on September 29, 2006 when reigning champions Newcastle Eagles began with a 85-83 loss away to Sheffield Sharks.
British Battalion (Malaya 1941) The British Battalion (1941) was an add hoc formation created during the Battle of Malaya from the survivors of two regular British Army battaions which had suffered heavy casualties during the early stages of the Japanese invasion in December 1941. The battalion was formed from the 2nd Bn, East Surrey Regiment and the 1st Bn, The Leicestershire Regiment .
British Borneo British Borneo means the two parts of the island of Borneo presently part (alongside the nine hereditary montracghies on the Malay peninsula) of the federation of Malaysia, during the British colonial rule: Labuan (1846-1963) and what was called North Borneo (now Sabah).
British Broadcasting Company The British Broadcasting Company Ltd was a British commercial company formed on October 18, 1922 by British and American electrical companies doing business in the United Kingdom. Its original office was located on the fifth floor of the Marconi building in London.
British Bulldogs British Bulldogs were the team of cousins Davey Boy Smith & Dynamite Kid in Stampede Wrestling, World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and All Japan Pro Wrestling. Once the team split, Davey Boy used the name, "The British Bulldog" during his singles career.
British Bulldogs (game) British Bulldogs (often used in the singular - British Bulldog - or simply Bulldog[s]) is a tag-based game somewhat similar to Red Rover, played mainly in Britain, Australia, and other Commonwealth countries by children at school. The game is characterised by its high level of violence and physicality, leading it to be banned from many schools.
British campaign medals British campaign medals are awarded to military members participating in specified military campaigns. Examples include the Defence Medal, for homeland defence in WWII, and the Atlantic Star for WWII sea service in the Atlantic.
British car number plates In the United Kingdom, all motor-powered road vehicles, including cars (but excepting the official cars of the reigning monarch) have had to carry registration plates (more commonly known as number plates) since 1904.
British carriage and wagon numbering and classification A number of different numbering and classification schemes have been used for carriages and wagons on Britain's railways, and this page explains the principal systems. Carriages and wagons (either not self-propelled, or part of a multiple unit which has power units distributed throughout a semi-permanent formation of carriages) have frequently had similar arrangements for classification and numbering, so are considered together.
British casualties in Operation Telic British casualties in Operation Telic have been relatively low by historical standards. Since commencement of operations 130 service personnel have died BBC News 22/01/07 - MoD names soldier killed in Iraq and over 230 have been wounded by hostile action.
British colonization of the Americas British colonization of the Americas began under the Kingdom of England in the late 16th century, before reaching its peak after the Acts of Union 1707, which established the Kingdom of Great Britain. Colonies were established in North, Central and South America and in the Caribbean, and a protectorate was established in Hawaii.
British comedy British Comedy, in film, radio and television, is known for its consistently quirky characters, plots and settings, and has produced some of the most famous and memorable comic actors and characters in the last fifty years.
British consular protection enjoyed by BN(O) passport holders outside the PRC and the UK The British Government claims that British National (Overseas) passport holders enjoy the same level of consular service in third countries (outside the UK and PRC) as other British Nationals. 2000, the British Government claimed that "Cantonese-speaking staff at the British Consulate-General pay periodic visits to the 80 or so BN(O)s who are in prison in Thailand.
British C class submarine The British C class submarines were the last class of petrol engine submarines of the Royal Navy and marked the end of the development of the Holland-class in the Royal Navy. Thirty eight were constructed between 1905 and 1910 and they served through World War I.
British Caledonian in 1977 In 1977 British Caledonian began laying the foundation for further, profitable growth of its business by introducing the first two examples of a brand-new, state-of-the-art fleet of widebodied jet aircraft as well as by resuming transatlantic scheduled air services under a new bilateral agreement with the US.
British Camp The British Camp is an Iron Age hill fort located at the top of Herefordshire Beacon in the Malvern Hills. The site is thought to date back before the Common Era and has been extended subsequently by medieval ringworks.
British Canoe Union The British Canoe Union (BCU) is the British canoeing organisation, helping and inspiring people to go canoeing. It formulates standards for training programmes with certification levels and accredits instructors to teach canoeing.
British Car Auctions British Car Auctions (BCA), founded in 1946, is Europe’s leading vehicle remarketing business, providing physical and electronic vehicle auctions, together with e-commerce and other related services. BCA operates out of 40 sites in 11 countries and generates gross auction proceeds of £3.
British Cavy Council The British Cavy Council is the governing body in the United Kingdom for national, regional, and local cavy (guinea pig) clubs, and also for the wide range of 'breed clubs' which exist on a national basis to further the interests of particular cavy breeds, and to provide a forum for those with an interest in the breed concerned.
British Colloquium for Theoretical Computer Science The British Colloquium for Theoretical Computer Science (BCTCS) is an organisation that hosts an annual event for UK-based researchers in theoretical computer science. A central aspect of BCTCS is the training of PhD students.
British Columbia and Vancouver Island The United Colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia, in 1860, issued a postage stamp inscribed with the names of both British Columbia and Vancouver Island. This unusual step was taken for reasons of economy, both colonies having sufficient customers to justify the printing of stamps, but not enough to justify separate issues for each colony.
British Columbia Civil Liberties Association The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association or BCCLA is a non-government organization in British Columbia, Canada dedicated to the preservation, maintenance and extension of civil liberties and human rights.
British Columbia Coast The British Columbia Coast is one of Canada's two continental coastlines, the other being the coastline from the Beaufort Sea of the Arctic Ocean via the Northwest Passage and Hudson Bay to the Ungava Peninsula and Labrador and the Gulf of St. Lawrence to Nova Scotia.
British Columbia Country Music Association The British Columbia Country Music Association is a Canadian artist organization designed "to promote, foster and encourage the development, public appreciation of, and interest in, the British Columbia Country Music Community - provincially, nationally and internationally."
British Columbia Court of Appeal The British Columbia Court of Appeal (BCCA) is the highest appellate court in the province of British Columbia, Canada. The BCCA hears appeals from the Supreme Court of British Columbia and a number of boards and tribunals.
British Columbia Democratic Coalition The British Columbia Democratic Coalition (BCDC) was a short-lived coalition of minor political parties in British Columbia, Canada. It was founded in September 2004 to bring together four minor parties: the British Columbia Democratic Alliance, the British Columbia Moderate Democratic Movement, the Citizens Action Party and Link BC.
British Columbia Film Classification Office The British Columbia Film Classification Office, part of the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General in the Canadian province of British Columbia under the Motion Picture Act of BC. The BCFCO ratings are also used by Saskatchewan under the terms of a bilateral agreement.
British Columbia general election, 1871 Formerly a British colony, British Columbia became a province of Canada on July 20 1871. An interim Cabinet was appointed by the Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia, and election writs for the First general election were issued to choose 25 members of the first provincial legislature from 12 ridings (electoral districts).
British Columbia general election, 1875 This was the second election held after British Columbia became a province of Canada on July 20 1871. Many of the politicians in the House had served with the Legislative Council or Assembly or the Executive Council, or had otherwise been stalwarts of the colonial era - some supporters of Confederation, others not.
British Columbia general election, 1886 This was the fourth election held after British Columbia became a province of Canada on July 20 1871. The number of members was increased for this election from 25 to 27, and the number of ridings increased to 13.
British Columbia general election, 1890 This was the sixth election held after British Columbia became a province of Canada on July 20 1871. The number of members was increased for this election from 27 in the previous election to 33, although the number of ridings was decreased to 18.
British Columbia general election, 1894 This was the seventh election held after British Columbia became a province of Canada on July 20 1871. The number of members remained at 33 with the number of ridings increased to 26 as a result of the partition of the Yale and Westminster ridings.
British Columbia general election, 2005 The 38th British Columbia general election was held on May 17, 2005, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia (BC), Canada. The BC Liberal Party formed the government of the province prior to this general election under the leadership of Premier Gordon Campbell.
British Columbia Hockey League The British Columbia Hockey League is a tier II Junior "A" ice hockey league under Hockey Canada, a subsection of the Canadian Junior A Hockey League. Founded in Vernon in 1961, the BCJHL now includes 17 teams.
British Columbia Christian Academy British Columbia Christian Academy is a small private Christian school in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia. BCCA houses students from K-12 with an additional preschool section, located within a dedicated portable.
British Columbia Institute of Technology The British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) is an institute of technology in Burnaby, British Columbia. It provides full- and part-time education leading to certificates, diplomas, bachelor's degrees and master's degrees in technologies and trades.
British Columbia Interior The British Columbia Interior, usually referred to only as The Interior, is one of the three main regions of the Canadian province of British Columbia, the other two being the Lower Mainland (Greater Vancouver, effectively), and the Coast (including Vancouver Island but not including the Lower Mainland).
British Columbia Liberal Party The British Columbia Liberal Party (usually referred to as the BC Liberals) is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party is a coalition of many ideological groups on the centre-right, united by an opposition to the New Democratic Party (NDP).
British Columbia mainland coastal forests The British Columbia mainland coastal forests is a temperate coniferous forest ecoregion of the Pacific coast of North America. The ecoregion extends along the mainland coast of British Columbia, up to 150 km inland to the crest of the coastal mountains, and along the western front of the northern Cascade Range in northwestern Washington.
British Columbia municipal elections, 2005 The Canadian province of British Columbia held its triannual municipal elections on November 19 , 2005. Voters in each of BC's 157 municipalities elected mayors and councillors, and rural voters elected directors for their regional district electoral area.
British Columbia provincial highway 10 British Columbia provincial highway 10, known locally as the Ladner-Langley Highway, is a minor east-west route through the southern portion of the Greater Vancouver Regional District. Highway 10 was first commissioned in 1953, following its current alignment from Ladner east to Scott Road in Surrey, then turning north onto Scott Road.
British Columbia provincial highway 101 British Columbia provincial highway 101 is the main north-south thoroughfare on the Sunshine Coast. Highway 101, which first opened in 1962, is divided into two separate land alignments, with a ferry link in between.
British Columbia provincial highway 11 British Columbia provincial highway 11, known locally as the Abbotsford-Mission Highway, is a 17 km-long at-grade expressway (With the southernmost part of the highway two lanes) that literally cuts the Fraser Valley in half. The highway was first given the '11' designation in 1958, and it originally followed South Fraser Way through Abbotsford, being re-routed onto the four-lane Sumas Way in the early 1980s.
British Columbia provincial highway 12 British Columbia provincial highway 12, opened in 1953, is a connection from the Trans-Canada Highway to the town of Lillooet. The highway originally went all the way to a junction with Highway 97 at Lower Hat Creek, but when the Duffy Lake Road was paved in 1992, the section of Highway 12 from Lillooet to Highway 97 was renumbered 99.
British Columbia provincial highway 13 British Columbia provincial highway 13 is a simple 12 km-long two-lane route through the eastern part of Langley. Highway 13 essentially serves the function of quick access from Washington state to the central Fraser Valley, and vice versa.
British Columbia provincial highway 15 British Columbia provincial highway 15, known locally as the Pacific Highway, is a 20-km long north-south highway in the City of Surrey. Highway 15, which first opened in 1957, is used by large commercial vehicles crossing the Canada/U.
British Columbia provincial highway 17A British Columbia provincial highway 17A, known locally as West Saanich Road, is an alternate route through the Saanich peninsula. While the four-lane Highway 17 takes a path along the eastern half of the peninsula, Highway 17A, which has only two lanes, takes the western side.
British Columbia provincial highway 18 British Columbia provincial highway 18 is a short, 42 km-long main vehicle route on Vancouver Island, connecting the city of Duncan on the Trans-Canada Highway with the community of Youbou, on the north shore of Lake Cowichan. The highway first opened to vehicle traffic in 1953, and was re-routed to a straighter and wider alignment in 1970.
British Columbia provincial highway 19 British Columbia provincial highway 19, known locally as the Island Highway, is the main north-south thoroughfare on Vancouver Island north of Nanaimo. The highway first opened in 1953, replacing a stretch of highway 1 between Nanaimo and Campbell River, finally being extended to the northern tip of the island in the late 1970s.

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