In B.C.'s defense, imo, most of the land to the North is either too mountainous [1][2.1] or has too harsh a climate [2.2] to be realistically inhabitable. I think it’s also worth noting that 15.4% of B.C.'s lands are protected [3].
Ten mountain ranges push west from the Canadian Rockies in the east to the Coast Mountains and the Vancouver Island Ranges in the west, and ancient temperate rainforests hug the coast. In between are rolling grasslands, lush valleys, tens of thousands of lakes, glacier-fed rivers, and even semi-arid desert. Mountains cover 75% of the province.
In B.C.'s defense, imo, most of the land to the North is either too mountainous [1][2.1] or has too harsh a climate [2.2] to be realistically inhabitable. I think it’s also worth noting that 15.4% of B.C.'s lands are protected [3].
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