British Columbia Facts
Capital City: Victoria
Population: 4.096 million (July 2001)
Provincial Flower: Pacific Dogwood
Provincial Bird: Steller's Jay
Provincial Tree: Western Red Cedar
B.C. entered Canadian Confederation in 1871.
There are 197 First Nations bands in the province.
The top 10 languages spoken by British Columbians are: English, Chinese (Cantonese/Mandarin), Punjabi, German, French, Dutch, Italian, Tagalog, Spanish and Japanese (source: 1996 Census).
B.C.'s total land and freshwater area is 95 million hectares, larger than France and Germany combined. Only 30 countries are larger. British Columbia occupies about 10 per cent of Canada's land surface.
10.8 million hectares --11.36 per cent of the province -- have now been set aside as permanently protected parks.
Stanley Park, located in downtown Vancouver, is the world's largest urban park.
Vancouver is also home to Canada's (and possibly the world's) narrowest building. Built in 1913, the building is 4ft 11 inches wide and 96ft long.
Who We Are & What We Do
The Native Online website has many special
features that place it among the best on the Internet. The primary focus is to display,
through WebPages, the artwork of individual artists and galleries. However, we also put a
lot of thought into how we can improve the site, placing it in a class by itself, in order
to attract more visitors. The more visitors to the site, the more viewers of the artwork
displayed by our artists, thus increasing the chances of obtaining sales. We do this by
continuously adding new features and special attractions, as described below. This is so
much more than a regular website displaying artwork. It is an entire system set up to
increase traffic and keep the visitors to our site excited, interested and coming back for
more. Once someone visits our site, we don't want them to browse and then leave, never to
return. We want to keep them as an ongoing visitor and make sure they come back, time
after time, as well as having them tell their friends about us.
Primary focus and main features:
Art. this is a list of art
we would like the entire Internet community to browse, purchase, etc. we would like
to world to experience the native culture through our art.
Artists. This is a list of artists in
alphabetical order. Here, the name of the artist is listed, along with how many pieces of
artwork are displayed, what medium they use and what country they are from. By clicking on
the name, the viewer is taken to their personal WebPages
Search Engines & Databases - WE WILL BE FOUND! A
search engine is a tool people use to find what is available on the Internet. Most sites
are on a few, while others are listed on a couple hundred (increasing their chances on
being found among the tens of millions of WebPages). Native Online is listed on OVER 1850
around the world. This is why we have visitors from Romania, Russia, Brazil, Tahiti,
Australia, Canada, Spain, Switzerland, England, Mexico, Finland, Cuba, Africa, and many more!
Links - ADD YOUR WEB PAGE LINK FOR FREE! Simply fill out a simple form and you're done. Uploading is done automatically. This page
is provided as a free service to any and all Native art-related sites, or any others,
which wish to gain more exposure. (Click here to go to this feature)
Recommended Sites - A list of art-related
sites which have been chosen by Native Online as some of the finest on the web in terms of
helpful content for our viewers. This listing is constantly growing and changing, so we
recommend that viewers check back regularly. (Click here to go to this
feature)
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