The Pacific Ocean boundary is formed by a line between Cape Flattery and Tatoosh Island, Washington, and Carmanah Point ( Vancouver Island ), British Columbia.

* United Colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia, formed in 1866 from a merger of the Vancouver Island and Mainland Colonies.

consisted of the separate Colony of British Columbia ( formed in 1858, in an area where the Crown had previously granted a monopoly to the Hudson's Bay Company ), and the Colony of Vancouver Island ( formed in 1849 ) constituting a separate crown colony until it was united with the Colony of British Columbia in 1866.

Skinny Puppy is a Canadian electronic musical group, formed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1982.

Skinny Puppy formed in 1982 from the partnership of cEvin Key ( Kevin Crompton ) and Nivek Ogre ( Kevin Ogilvie ) in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

In 2001, the Toronto Stock Exchange acquired the Canadian Venture Exchange ( formed by the merger of the Vancouver Stock Exchange and Alberta Stock Exchange on November 29, 1999 ), which was renamed the TSX Venture Exchange on July 31, 2001.

Originally formed as the " Committee of Progressive Electors ", COPE was formed in 1968, when a number of left-wing community groups and social justice organizations joined with the city's Labour Council to organize more effectively against the Non-Partisan Association ( NPA )— a centre-right political party that had dominated civic politics in Vancouver.

The maverick COPE councillors ( dubbed " COPE Lite " or " Diet COPE " by the media ) eventually separated and formed a new party, Vision Vancouver, to run in the 2005 municipal election.

That same summer, the Chinese Cultural Centre Dragon Boat Association ( DBA, but initially a committee of the CCC ) was formed to put on the first festival and races in Canada to use authentic dragon boats, as the local Chinese community's project to celebrate the centennial of the founding of the city ( Vancouver turned 100 in 1986 and scores of community groups organized official centennial projects.

In that same off-season, the Patrick brothers built two arenas in Vancouver and Victoria and formed the Pacific Coast Hockey Association ( PCHA ).

* The Chinese Board of Trade is formed in Vancouver

In 1915, with the port of Vancouver growing, the newly formed Vancouver Harbour Commission approved a reclamation project in False Creek for an industrial area.

* Cub ( band ), an indie rock band from Vancouver, British Columbia, which formed in 1992 and disbanded in 1997

Following this acquisition, Rogers Media briefly held twinsticks in Vancouver ( CKVU / CHNU ) and Winnipeg ( CHMI / CIIT ), formed from its newly-acquired Citytv stations and its Omni-branded religious stations ; these two sets of twinsticks were dissolved in 2008 following the sales of CHNU and CIIT to S-VOX.

The West Coast Branch of the Fairey Aviation Company of Canada Limited was formed in 1955 at Sidney, Vancouver Island.

The dividing line is approximately that formed by the city of Nanaimo on Vancouver Island, and the mouth of the Fraser River on the mainland.

" brand was launched in Italy, and later brought to North America in 1969 when the SynLube Company formed in Vancouver, BC.

SNFU is a Canadian hardcore punk band formed in Edmonton in 1981 and later relocated to Vancouver.

The League consisted of two divisions: the older Eastern Division ( later the Eastern and Central Divisions ) consists of seven teams based in Ontario and Québec, while the Western Division was formed in 2002 with the addition of the Calgary Oval X-Treme, Edmonton Chimos, and the Vancouver Griffins.

Econoline Crush is a band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada formed in 1992.

In an earlier case, Kingan & Co. v. United States, an American corporation was formed for the purpose of acquiring the stock of a British corporation in exchange for its own stock and then liquidating the British corporation.

* 1908 – The Territorial Force ( renamed Territorial Army in 1920 ) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army.

In English, " American " was used especially for people in the British America, and came to be applied to citizens of the United States when the country was formed.

* 1537 – The Honourable Artillery Company, the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, and the second most senior, is formed.

Similar types, based on 3-ton lorries, were produced in Britain, Canada and Australia, and together formed the most numerous self-propelled AA guns in British service.

Ajmer is notable for its public schools formed in accordance with the precepts of English public schools, amongst which are Mayo College, founded by the British Raj in 1875 to educate the children of Rajputana's royalty and nobles.

In 2000 KPMG reported in its survey of offshore jurisdictions for the United Kingdom government that over 41 % of the world's offshore companies were formed in the British Virgin Islands.

When the Union of South Africa was formed in 1910 out of the main British colonies in the region, the Bechuanaland Protectorate, Basutoland ( now Lesotho ), and Swaziland ( the " High Commission Territories ") were not included, but provision was made for

Following the First World War, the British Battles Nomenclature Committee was formed to decide on standard names for all battles and subsidiary actions.

It was formed from the nationalisation of the " Big Four " British railway companies and lasted until the gradual privatisation of British Rail, in stages between 1994 and 1997.

The British Rail " double arrow " logo is formed of two interlocked arrows showing the direction of travel on a double track railway and was nicknamed " the arrow of indecision ".< ref >

It originated as a nationalised industry, the British Steel Corporation ( BSC ), formed in 1967.

Egyptian antiquities have formed part of the British Museum collection ever since its foundation in 1753 after receiving 160 Egyptian objects from Sir Hans Sloane.

Based on a study of the British rock succession, it was the first of the modern ' system ' names to be employed, and reflects the fact that many coal beds were formed globally during this time.

In 2009, Charles formed the Fantasy Funk Band, from the leading British musicians in the genre, and has presented the band at festivals, including Glastonbury.

However, in 1815 at the Battle of Waterloo, repeated charges by up to 9, 000 French cavalrymen failed to break the line of the British and German infantry, who had formed squares.

The British infantry, having formed infantry squares, took heavy losses from the French guns, while their own cannon fired at the cuirassiers and lancers, when they fell back to regroup.

The British Dental Association, formed in 1880 with Sir John Tomes as president, played a major role in prosecuting dentists practising illegally.

The Detroit River — and the larger area surrounding it — was taken from the French by the British Empire during the French and Indian War and eventually claimed by the newly formed United States during the American Revolution.

The European Democratic Group ( ED ) was formed on 17 July 1979 by British Conservative, Danish Conservative and other MEPs after their success in the 1979 elections.

On 1 January 1988, British Telecom ( BT ) and the Government of Gibraltar formed a joint venture company called Gibraltar Telecommunications International Ltd ( known by its commercial brand Gibtel ) to operate Gibraltar's international telecommunications services.

That aggressive strategy worked as Germany pulled out of the League of Nations ( 1933 ), rejected the Versailles Treaty and began to re-arm ( 1935 ), won back the Saar ( 1935 ), remilitarized the Rhineland ( 1936 ), formed an alliance (" axis ") with Mussolini's Italy ( 1936 ), sent massive military aid to Franco in the Spanish Civil War ( 1936 – 39 ), seized Austria ( 1938 ), took over Czechoslovakia after the British and French appeasement of the Munich Agreement of 1938, formed a peace pact with Joseph Stalin's Soviet Union in August 1939, and finally invaded Poland in September 1939.