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36 Regional Overview 38 Vancouver 49 Around Vancouver 50 Vancouver Island 54 Victoria 56 Duncan 57 Nanaimo 58 Pacific Rim National Park 61 Campbell River 62 Port Hardy 64 British Columbia 68 Whistler 69 Sunshine Coast 70 Cariboo Region 72 Okanagan Valley 75 Kamloops 77 Revelstoke 79 Glacier National Park 79 Wells Gray Provincial Park 80 Yellowhead Region 82 Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands) 83 Dawson Creek 84 Rocky Mountains 88 Banff National Park 93 Kananaskis Country 94 Jasper National Park 97 Yoho National Park 99 Crowsnest Pass 99 Waterton Lakes National Park 100 Kimberley 102 Alberta 106 Calgary 112 Fort MacLeod 113 Lethbridge 113 Medicine Hat 114 Edmonton 117 Fort McMurray 118 Northern Territories 122 Whitehorse 123 Haines Junction 123 Dawson City 125 Inuvik 125 Watson Lake 127 Yellowknife