British Columbia

British Columbia Parliament Building

 

British Columbia became the 6th Province on July 20, 1871.  Victoria is the provincial capital.

 

There are courthouses in the following locations:

 

Law Courts

( Court of Appeal and Supreme Court )

British Columbia Court of Appeal

 

Law Courts

(Supreme Court and Provincial Court – Vancouver is Supreme Court )

Abbotsford  **	Campbell River	Chilliwack **	Courtenay	Cranbrook
Dawson Creek	Duncan	Fort St. John	Golden **	Kamloops **
Kelowna	Nanaimo	Nelson	New Westminster **	Penticton
Port Alberni	Port Coquitlam	Powell River **	Prince George **	Prince Rupert
Quesnel	Rossland	Salmon Arm **	Smithers **	Terrace
Vancouver **	Vernon	Victoria **	Williams Lake

** Old Courthouse still standing

 

Provincial Court Courthouses

Burns Lake **	Fort Nelson	North Vancouver	Richmond	Sechelt
Surrey	Valemount	Vancouver	Vancouver Criminal

** Old Courthouse still standing

 

Circuit Court Courthouses

( Supreme Court and Provincial Court when required )

	100 Mile House	Ahousaht	Alexis Creek	Ahahim Lake	Ashcroft **
	Atlin	Bella Bella	Bella Coola	Castlegar	Chase
	Chetwynd	Clearwater	Creston	Daajing Glids	Dease Lake
	Fernie	Fort St. James	Fraser Lake	Ganges	Gold River
	Good Hope Lake	Grand Forks **	Hazelton	Houston	Inverness
	Kitimat	Klemtu	Kwadacha (Fort Ware)	Lilouet	Lower Post
	Mackenzie	Masset	McBride	Merritt  **	Nakusp
	New Aiyansh	Pemberton	Port Hardy	Princeton	Revelstoke
	Sidney	Sparwood	Stewart	Tahsis	Tofino

   Tsay Keh Dene                 Tumbler Ridge                Uclueiet                                          Vanderhoof                Victoria ( Colwood )

** Old Courthouse still standing

 

Old Courthouses

Fort Steele	Greenwood	Kaslo	Nicola	Oliver
Richfield ( Barkerville )

Highest Point – Mount Fairweather at 4,633 meters (  15,295 feet ) is located in the central west 

Lowest Point  – Pacific Ocean ( sea level ) is located along the west

                                     

 

Government House – Victoria