Canada is where EA Black Box was based.
British Columbia -LRB- BC -RRB- is the westernmost province of Canada , with a population of more than four million people located between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains .. Canada. Canada. Pacific. Pacific Time Zone. province. Provinces and territories of Canada. British Columbia is also a component of the Pacific Northwest and the Cascadia bioregion , along with the U.S. states of Idaho , Oregon , Washington , Alaska , and western Montana .. Pacific. Pacific Time Zone. Pacific Northwest. Pacific Northwest. Cascadia bioregion. Cascadia ( bioregion ). Idaho. Idaho. Oregon. Oregon. Washington. Washington ( state ). Alaska. Alaska. Montana. Montana. The first British settlement in the area was Fort Victoria , established in 1843 , which gave rise to the city of Victoria , at first the capital of the separate Colony of Vancouver Island .. Victoria. Victoria, British Columbia. Vancouver. Vancouver. Fort Victoria. Fort Victoria ( British Columbia ). Colony of Vancouver Island. Colony of Vancouver Island. Subsequently , on the mainland , the Colony of British Columbia -LRB- 1858 -- 66 -RRB- was founded by Richard Clement Moody and the Royal Engineers , Columbia Detachment , in response to the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush .. Richard Clement Moody. Richard Clement Moody. Fraser Canyon Gold Rush. Fraser Canyon Gold Rush. Fraser. Fraser Valley. Moody was Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for the Colony and the first Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia  : he was hand-picked by the Colonial Office in London to transform British Columbia into the British Empire 's `` bulwark in the farthest west '' , and `` to found a second England on the shores of the Pacific '' .. Pacific. Pacific Time Zone. Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia. Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia. Colonial Office. Colonial Office. Moody selected the site for and founded the original capital of British Columbia , New Westminster , established the Cariboo Road and Stanley Park , and designed the first version of the Coat of arms of British Columbia .. New Westminster. New Westminster. Cariboo Road. Cariboo Road. Stanley Park. Stanley Park. Coat of arms of British Columbia. Coat of arms of British Columbia. Port Moody is named after him .. Port Moody. Port Moody. In 1866 , Vancouver Island became part of the colony of British Columbia , and Victoria became the united colony 's capital .. Victoria. Victoria, British Columbia. Vancouver. Vancouver. In 1871 , British Columbia became the sixth province of Canada .. Canada. Canada. province. Provinces and territories of Canada. Its Latin motto is Splendor sine occasu -LRB- `` Splendour without Diminishment '' -RRB- .. Latin. Latin. The capital of British Columbia remains Victoria , the fifteenth-largest metropolitan region in Canada , named for the Queen who created the original European colonies .. Victoria. Victoria, British Columbia. Canada. Canada. fifteenth-largest metropolitan region. List of the 100 largest metropolitan areas in Canada. Queen. Queen Victoria. The largest city is Vancouver , the third-largest metropolitan area in Canada , the largest in Western Canada , and the third-largest in the Pacific Northwest .. Canada. Canada. Vancouver. Vancouver. Pacific. Pacific Time Zone. Pacific Northwest. Pacific Northwest. metropolitan area. metropolitan area. Western Canada. Western Canada. In October 2013 , British Columbia had an estimated population of 4,606,371 -LRB- about 2.5 million of whom were in Greater Vancouver -RRB- .. Vancouver. Vancouver. Greater Vancouver. Greater Vancouver. The province is currently governed by the BC Liberal Party , led by Premier Christy Clark , who became leader as a result of a leadership convention vote on February 26 , 2011 , and who led her party to an election victory on May 14 , 2013 .. Christy Clark. Christy Clark. BC Liberal. British Columbia Liberal Party. province. Provinces and territories of Canada. BC Liberal Party. BC Liberal Party. Premier. Premier ( Canada ). a leadership convention vote. British Columbia Liberal Party leadership elections. British Columbia evolved from British possessions that were established in what is now British Columbia by 1871 .. First Nations , the original inhabitants of the land , have a history of at least 10,000 years in the area .. First Nations. First Nations. Today there are few treaties and the question of Aboriginal Title , long ignored , has become a legal and political question of frequent debate as a result of recent court actions .. Notably , the Tsilhqot ` in Nation has established Aboriginal title to a portion of their territory , as a result of the recent Supreme Court of Canada decision -LRB- William -LSB- Tsilhqot ` in Nation -RSB- v. British Columbia -RRB- .. Canada. Canada. BC 's economy is diverse , with service producing industries accounting for the largest portion of the province 's GDP .. province. Provinces and territories of Canada. It is the endpoint of transcontinental railways , and the site of major Pacific ports that enable international trade .. Pacific. Pacific Time Zone. Though less than 5 % of its vast 944735 km2 land is arable , the province is agriculturally rich -LRB- particularly in the Fraser and Okanagan valleys -RRB- , because of milder weather near the coast and in certain sheltered southern valleys .. province. Provinces and territories of Canada. arable. arable land. Fraser. Fraser Valley. Okanagan. Okanagan. Its climate encourages outdoor recreation and tourism , though its economic mainstay has long been resource extraction , principally logging , farming , and mining .. outdoor recreation. outdoor recreation. tourism. tourism. resource extraction. resource extraction. Vancouver , the province 's largest city and metropolitan area , also serves as the headquarters of many western-based natural resource companies .. Vancouver. Vancouver. province. Provinces and territories of Canada. metropolitan area. metropolitan area. It also benefits from a strong housing market and a per capita income well above the national average .. While the coast of British Columbia and certain valleys in the south-central part of the province have mild weather , the majority of its land mass experiences a cold-winter-temperate climate similar to that of the rest of Canada .. Canada. Canada. province. Provinces and territories of Canada. The Northern Interior region has a subarctic climate with very cold winters .. Northern Interior. Interior of British Columbia. subarctic climate. subarctic climate. The climate of Vancouver is by far the mildest winter climate of the major Canadian cities , with nighttime January temperatures averaging above the freezing point .. Vancouver. Vancouver