Vancouver is Canada's version of Seattle, with all that implies.
Vancouver Island is several hundred square miles of land just off the coast of British Columbia. The southern tip, where the only city of note (Victoria) is, actually makes the top of Puget Sound and extends south of the ruler-straight line the US/Canadian border makes in this part of the world. The border ducks south to deal with this. Victoria is the provincial capital and, from what I saw, strives to provide the comforts of Victorian-era England with a slight Canadian twist (there are mountains and it's clean).
None of this should be taken as anything other than the ramblings of an arrogant American, of course, as I wasn't in either place very long -- those were just my first impressions. I do like BC, though.
Another couple .ca fact: corn syrup is Not Food, so all the sodas must use Real Sugar. Moreover, while you can add caffeine to products whose ingredients have it naturally (e.g. colas, as the kola nut has caffeine), you cannot add it to products whose ingredients don't naturally possess is. This leaves Canadian Mountain Dew profoundly unsatisfying (if you drink it, I don't), but I expect the Jolt would be all right (don't drink that either).
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Date: 2002-09-30 10:21 am (UTC)Vancouver is Canada's version of Seattle, with all that implies.
Vancouver Island is several hundred square miles of land just off the coast of British Columbia. The southern tip, where the only city of note (Victoria) is, actually makes the top of Puget Sound and extends south of the ruler-straight line the US/Canadian border makes in this part of the world. The border ducks south to deal with this. Victoria is the provincial capital and, from what I saw, strives to provide the comforts of Victorian-era England with a slight Canadian twist (there are mountains and it's clean).
None of this should be taken as anything other than the ramblings of an arrogant American, of course, as I wasn't in either place very long -- those were just my first impressions. I do like BC, though.
Another couple .ca fact: corn syrup is Not Food, so all the sodas must use Real Sugar. Moreover, while you can add caffeine to products whose ingredients have it naturally (e.g. colas, as the kola nut has caffeine), you cannot add it to products whose ingredients don't naturally possess is. This leaves Canadian Mountain Dew profoundly unsatisfying (if you drink it, I don't), but I expect the Jolt would be all right (don't drink that either).
-- Lorrie