American Reacts to the BEST Places in British Columbia
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As an American I don't know much about British Columbia. Today I am very interested to learn about the best things to do and see in British Columbia that Americans usually don't hear about If you enjoyed the video feel free to leave a comment, like, or subscribe for more!
P. S. Banff and Jasper are in the Province of Alberta, BC.’s neighbour.
everyone is saying what you are saying and what I would have said as well lol
Actually, National Parks are federal territory. Banff and Jasper are not "... in the province of Alberta..." They boarder both BC and Alberta, but they are not in anything but Canada. To put a point on it, if wexit happened, they would be "in the province of British Columbia".
but currently due to the extreme wildfire situation Banff is basically closed to the public until further notice ... you can drive through it though i believe
harldy, like 5 mins across the boarder. you go another 5 mins past it and its just flat nothingness for have or north america
@@sinswhisper9588 There are no wildfires near Banff, in fact there hasn't been any wildfire threat to the area this year. You're probably thinking of Jasper as they experienced a devastating fire that destroyed a third of the town and large sections of the surrounding forests.
Mountains cover 75% of BC, BC has 40,000 islands, the government (the people) owns 90% of the land. Over 60% of the province is forested. There are 7 national parks, 1033 provincial parks, conservation areas, recreation sites, ecological reserves and protected areas.
Wow, I have notated those many statistics in my ❤"BEAUTY lives not only in NATURE but in one's own HEART ♥ ~Walker Edwards《hard covered notebook》
I think that was a chipmunk.
Those were sheep not goats!
Holy shit, 1033! No wonder I haven’t heard of a couple of those provincial parks… And I’ve lived here all my life.😂
There are also 204 indigenous communities in BC alone.
Never even mentioned Haida Gwaii. Definitely worth visiting, at least as much as any of the places shown.
should have done more on Tofino too, lots of great area there
Banff/Jasper is in Alberta.
Mountian = bc
@@wcwheelie1803 I just don't like people using "positive or pleasant" content for money because they flood the market and make it harder for those creators who actually do care.
If he was honest about it and promoted his other channels, interacted in the comments, stopped deleting his old videos so he can redo the same content and/or stop staying "tell me in the comments, or let's talk in the comments" when he has never been in the comments, then I wouldn't have an issue. I liked him for a long time but noticed things were weird and now that I've found this out I wanted to make sure that anyone else who would prefer to support a sincere creator can. In today's day and age we have 2 currencies, normal money and our time. He's asking for your time while selling as little of his own effort as he can while still maintaining the illusion.
@@marshalltucker9690so? Still in AB guy/gal.
@@marshalltucker9690 I wonder why my packages come to my door in Banff, Alberta.
@@wendywill7519 You're on the alberta side. it's in both provinces. We should trade back Ft St John and Dawson Creek for Banff and Jasper, but it doesn't really matter. It's easy enough for Calgarians to visit.
Another STUNNING place they didn't mention is Shuswap Lake, located just north of the Okanagan valley. It's a VERY popular vacation spot for British Columbians
The whole Shuswap and Chilcotin region is beautiful.
Salmon Arm is home.
Not to mention half of Alberta holiday in the area during summer months.
I know saying..check out the Shuswap
@@cameronbrown3966 Enderby for me!
I think it is funny when Americans drive through the beauty of BC to go to Alaska. They are always amazed at how beautiful BC is.
How does that happen?
Despite BC meaning “bring cash” it is the province I have chosen to retire to. I’ve travelled coast to coast and lived in 5 provinces. British Columbia just has “the most everything”
Peace, from the Okanagan!
There’s a reason why our license plate reads “Beautiful British Columbia”.
I have been fortunate enough to travel the world and I live in BC for my whole life and nowhere is more beautiful than here
Yes Tyler,,the whole province is this beautiful. Truly.
Yup! I've lived many places in BC and there is ALWAYS beauty surrounding any town or city in the province.
Yeah. It actually is.
He still would not be able to tell the difference between BC and Saskatchewan.
@@damonx6109 I don't know. I think that the lack of MOUNTAINS in Saskatchewan might tip him off.
Don’t take him to E Hastings in Vancouver or Pandora in Victoria. Too much wildlife
Sunshine Coast home to Molly's Reach and The Beachcombers. I will never forgive CBC for not releasing it on DVD.
I ride through the Sunshine Coast a few times a year, on motorcycle trips, and stop at Molly's Reach everytime.
@@MarcSherwood Mollys Reach is for sale if you are interested. It's closed for now.
The KVR trail in the Okanagan valley is an old railway line that has been repurposed into a hiking/biking trail(Kettle Valley Railway). The Rockies are in Eastern BC, and the mountains around Vancouver are called the Costal Range, which is the West. In between are many different mountain ranges such as the Caribou, Monashee, Bugaboo ranges, and many more.
@@darrenmacdonald1499 Since you have your bike out, travel north to Vernon. Ride the Okanagan Rail Trail (former rail line) from Vernon to Lake Country as well. Right on the shores of Kalamalka Lake.
As a Vancouverite, it’s so fun to see your reactions of our beautiful province. I hope this might entice you to come explore beautiful BC.
Right!?
Screw visiting. I wanna live in Vancouver BC.
@@righthandstep5That’s the problem. Everybody does… which makes property prices INSANE! 😂
Especially when he reacts to the same stuff over and over.
@@righthandstep5 You'd better have a REALLY good paying job lined up then. Rent and purchase prices on housing here is INSANE.
Yes All of BC is amazing! Our license plates say Beautiful British Columbia! My parents moved to BC from Norway because of the islands, oceans and beauty reminded them of Norway
I didn’t even realize how lucky I am till I watched this video, I live in the okanagan valley and I visit revelstoke Avery few weeks, I visit Vancouver and the island every few years, same with wells grey and the hot springs around the other places I’ve also biked that whole trail before and this is just normal to me. I didn’t realise people hardly ever see these kinds of things when it’s just so casual I’m barely amazed by it anymore.
and yes, the Okanagan Valley (my home) is considered the Napa Valley of Canada, and of course we have the long lost cousin of the Loch Ness Monster who hangs out in the lake that stretches from one end of the Valley to the other. People spend millions of dollars bringing in their high-tech underwater cameras every year looking for our friend, the OgoPogo.
Short history lesson. Vancouver Island and mainland BC used to be separate British colonies until they were combined into one colony before eventually becoming a province.
When we lived in BC, it was in a small city on the Sunshine Coast - Powell River - took us two ferries to get to the mainland. Absolutely amazingly beautiful there.
Whistler is one of the top rated ski resorts in the world depending on the year and site, it typically places between 1st and 3rd. It is visited by royalty, celebrities and has an amazing village with fun night life as well.
Not so much in recent years unfortunately it’s fallen off hard. But still unmatched peak laps on a pow day if you know where to go
Tyler, BC's mainland and The Islands are the environment for nature, and that was really just the places they had been. Haida Gwaii and Northern British Columbia are more remote, more wild, and magnificent as well.
Also the NWT gets overlooked even with astounding Nahanni National Park Reserve and Canada's largest Park Wood Buffalo National Park.
I grew up in Vancouver and this video left out a few of my favourite things in BC. Harrison and Radium Hot springs are amazing. Underground lava flows create warm natural mini lakes that are like bathwater. The interior o the province features great fresh water fishing in pristine lakes and clean rivers and streams. Long Beach on the west side of Vancouver Island is a must see. It is 10 miles long of beautiful sand, surf and suntanning paradise. Vancouver itself has a vibrant music and club culture unmatched anywhere in Canada as well as its own large collection of beaches to lounge on; but my persona; number one spot is the Crows Nest Restaurant atop Grouse Mountain. The word spectacular does not do the view justice and the food is exquisite.
Canada has amazing hiking on both East And West Coasts!…& all in between!
BC/Alberta Rockies is so breathtaking though!
The East Coast Trail in Nfld 300kms ..& Western Nfld is amazing hiking as well!
I'm from Newfoundland. Love it here, but want to visit the mountains sometime
This is why I've lived on Vancouver Island since 1979!!
Whistler is where the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics held the skiing/ snowboarding etc. events.
And is the number one destination for mountain bikers from around the world.
12:35 Goats? Is this just an American Thing? That’s a sheep my dude
I was just gonna say that lol
There are goats in BC.
14:42 That's a chipmunk too
He doesn't know the difference.
@@ipbrew5536ya, but those are definitely your standard wool-baring sheep
Another beautiful, beautiful place you never believe it was in Canada is called Powell River. It’s north of the sunshine coast and you can grow palm trees there. It’s really literally like going to another world it’s beautiful.
I know; I lived in Sechelt in the 90s
Never heard of Whistler? Largest ski resort in North America...by quite a bit. 2nd largest vertical (next to Revelstoke, also in BC). Typically ranked in the top 3 resorts in North America. About 1.5 hours drive to Vancouver. Many of the 2010 Olympic skiing events were held in Whistler. And yes, Panorama ridge is probably one of the most beautiful spots in all of Canada, ranks up there with anything in Banff and Jasper. Coastal mountains, a lot more glaciers than the Rockies, and higher (at least higher than the Canadian rockies).
BC really is spectacular,Vancouver has it all ,fantastic parks ,the view of the mountains ,while being on the Pacific coast !
"Whistler, never heard of it" Tyler must not have watched any of the 2010 Winter Olympics.
A lot of us camp and hike...hard to not with these surroundings and yes...lots of wildlife
British Columbia can be a National Park entirely by itself, so much beauty and diversity from the Pacific Ocean to the the Rockies.
Watching from Vancouver on a spectacular early autumn day.
I'm a proud (nearly) lifelong British Columbian, and I feel so incredibly blessed to live in such a beautiful place!
I totally agree. I'm a lifelong British Columbian, and while I like traveling and visiting places, there really is nowhere else I'd rather live!
We have co workers come from down east that gawk at how amazing this place is. We are truly blessed! I pinch myself all the time that I live amongst such beauty and it's all right at our doorstep.
Hiking! Is HUGE! In BC along with bike riding and kayaking,boating, four wheeling. Snow boarding, skiing, snowmobiling
I was born and raised in the southern interior, not far from the Okanagan Valley. Spent over 3 decades of my life living and exploring the interior of BC. I am surprised to see Bowron Lake Provincial Park not included on this list. There is a strong argument to rank it in a Top 10 list of places in BC to visit, but this guy omitted it from his Top 14 for some reason. Bowron is ranked as one of the Top 10 canoe circuits in the world. I’ve done the circuit twice and am currently planning a third trip. It’s easily my favourite place in all of my home province. But to each their own eh.
Cheers
Lived in BC all my life now 65 and still haven't seen it all. It's true, every where you turn it's a post card and it's just a matter of fact part of life and it never gets old. The hardest thing to "not" do in BC is look just look.
As someone born and raised in BC, our province's slogan is basically "Beautiful British Columbia" cuz we're a beautiful province with something interesting for tourists of all types. We even have a big film industry because of all the assorted filming locations that a film crew can get to within a few hours of the city of Vancouver. I love it here for the natural beauty and couldn't imagine living anywhere else.
It's kind of funny, but growing up and living in BC I kind of take the spectacular scenery and nature for granted. Was surprised once to find a scenic BC mountain on a screensaver in a London hostel office! They acted like I came from Mars, jaw dropped. So strange.
When I was younger, I had the opportunity to travel around the world for work. While I found many places that were quite amazing, I always was excited to see how magical home was as the flights would approach Vancouver.
While Vancouver was the host city of the 2008 Winter Olympics, Whistler got a lot of the entertainment and actual sports venue duties because the town of Whistler is better-equipped than Vancouver for a lot of the events. Whistler, Pemberton, and the surrounding area is a gorgeous place to live.
Vancouver is also an amazing city to live in, but you need to have a very good job to afford it.
Giuseppe Garibaldi was an Italian general who united Italy and presented it to the government as a unified country; he's basically the Father of modern-day Italy. He was renown, literally world-wide, for being a general who could win any war, and was responsible for establishing legitimate governments in much of South America, and envisioned a European Union long before it existed. When he was alive, he was the most famous Italian in existence. Vancouver has a park named after him, and I bet you can find many others in many other countries.
I've driven to both of Canada's coasts and driven cross-country. The entire country is beautiful, even the Prairies in their stark emptiness. The Maritime provinces are just as gorgeous as BC, and Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and the 3 territories all have their beauty.
If you're a hiker, 5km (about 2mi) is an average hike; that's about 1-2 hours (depending on terrain; maybe 45-90min if there are trails).
As someone from Ontario which I think is beautiful in its own right, nothing I mean nothing compares to BC!! Hands down the most beautiful province of Canada. I’ve been to Vancouver, Whistler, okanagan and the island a few times. I’m smiling ear to ear the entire time I’m there. Absolute paradise if you love the outdoors.
Agreed. I am also from Ontario and my first trip to BC was Revelstoke. Immediately hooked and I have gone back 3 times since. Eastern BC has some of the most beautiful parks in the world
Born and raised in B.C. in a Vancouver suburb, lived there for my first 40 years.
We're honestly so spoiled living in Vancouver. I enjoy your videos because it's a great reminder not to take BC's beauty for granted. Come visit!
Yes, indeed. British Columbia is a very special place.
Beautiful British Columbia is truly BEAUTIFUL!❤
2 years ago I went on a 10-day trip to BC and Alberta with my family. This video brought back some nice memories, but also shows how much we didn't have time to see!
We have a very beautiful country. Lots of beaches
I worked at a lodge in a park called Cathedral Lakes. It's in southern BC. It's a hike in park. No cell service and it is absolutely beautiful!
I’ve lived in the Okanagan valley for 22 years now. Mountain biking, golf, skiing, hiking and of course wine tasting. Outdoor living is what BC is all about. Never gets old.
I live in Vancouver, but always look forward to my annual pilgrimage to wine country. 🍷😊
The great thing about Victoria and most of southern Vancouver Island is there are WAY less mosquitos than the northern part of the island and the mainland.
The mountains of Garibaldi Park and Sunshine Coast are part of the Coast Mountain Range. Most of the province is either mountains or valleys, and considered the Western Cordillera as a whole. The highest points of the Rockies mark the boundary between BC and Alberta, and Jasper and Banff are over the line in Alberta. So as you head west from the Rockies, you quickly run into large ranges like the Purcells, Monashee, Selkirks, Caribou, and Omineca on your way to the Coast Range.
You got a chuckle out of taking ferries, and might like to know that BC Ferries is the second-largest ferry system in the world. There are a number of interior lake ferries as well, including the world's longest free ferry trip on Kootenay Lake.
Lastly, not everyone hikes and camps, but it's certainly popular. Provincial drive-in sites one used to be able to pull into and find a site for the night are now reserved online early in the year! You can buy an annual pass for less developed "forestry" campsites, but you're usually looking at gravel travel into the hinterlands. Backpack hiking has its following, and restrictions are few within large parks.
Tyler, Jaspers is in Alberta This guy is taking you to places closer to Vancouver. I am from Alberta but live in Nova Scotia. Some parts can seem flat and boring but I assure you if you look up different interesting sight they are not very far far each other. There is a reason people from all over the world want to see British Columbia. I will admit BC is probably does have some of the most beautiful natural sights.
6:42 Coast Mountains. Far west of the Rockies. Effectively a continuation of the Cascades from Washington and Oregon.
During the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, all the outdoor events took place at Whistler, because Vancouver barely gets any snow and, as usual, we didn't have any during the Olympics. Whistler is a truly world class ski resort. People travel from all around the world to ski & snowboard there.
Wasn't there some stuff at Cypress or something? But yes, the bulk of the ski/snowboard and bobsleigh events were at Whistler.
13:37 this is why vancouver has a film industry, stargate sg1 filmed in bc because if you drive 30-60 min in any direction you will be on a different planet
It cracked me up watching that show- one of the ‘worlds’ was right behind our house. It really is an amazing place- mountains, ocean, forests of all types, all within an hours drive!
Other places which were sadly left off the list are Haida Gwaii and the Great Bear Rainforest. As per your comment about seeing no tourist, there are many areas where camping and hiking are possible and you don't see any other people. To put it in perspective, BC has 10 mountain ranges and 5 million people (5 people per square km. ) Switzerland has 8 million people, and BC is the same size as 22 Switzerlands. At 944,735 square kilometres/364,764 square miles, British Columbia is bigger than France and Germany combined, or almost four times the size of Great Britain. It’s larger than the total area of Washington, Oregon, and California, yet the population of the entire province is only slightly larger than the population of Los Angeles. Living in BC, when someone tells me to "take a hike", I say "gladly" .
FYI. You ask about Grouse Mountain being near Vancouver ….. it on the North Shore of Vancouver. ❤️🇨🇦
13:26 Man ive lived in BC for 34 years, you are teaching me about parks I never visited, and I honestly could list enough places for you to do two more videos, just within 100km of my home lol and none of them are listed here, BC practically IS one big national park lol every tiny insignificant town, is just as beautiful and surrounded by lush beautiful hiking trails and wildlife like these places, theyre just smaller :)
I have heard a lot of good things about Salt Springs island!
No, there are three ski resorts IN The City of Vancouver, for day or night skiing.
British Columbia is 75% mountains.
Hatley Park is a really nice spot in Victoria BC.
It has three Gardens an Ocean look out, two forest trails, a Castle used as the exterior for the school in most of the X-Men movies and just behind the Castle is a modern building that houses Royal Roads university.
What I like about it is how it is like going to five or so different parks, but they are all on the same property.
I have lived in BC my whole life. It really is like this. There is postcard scenery at almost every turn. I have done a lot of hiking and exploring, but I have only touched the surface.
There's a reason why our tagline is "Beautiful British Columbia!" I'm very happy to live in Kelowna, in the Okanagan Valley. Come and visit us, Tyler!
You really need to do a full video on the gulf islands. I spent the past summer exploring them one by one, still have some I need to see. Really feels like you're somewhere remote, nature everywhere, the people are nicer, it's the only place I've heard of where hitchhiking is common still
Tyler, you’d be surprised at how much people hike here. We live on the edge of the wilderness, and my 15 YO daughter goes hiking with her friends every other weekend. They swim in the rivers (and probably cliff jump, even if they shouldn’t). She’s planning on going into a career that involves hiking- either forestry or adventure tourism. Both are strong industries here.
Edit- YES, there’s lots of wildlife. They frequently encounter bears.
Hiking is a great activity anywhere in Canada. So many different vistas in every Province.
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Not squirrel...chipmunk!!!😂😂
I love my country and its natural beauty ❤
British Columbia has 1,035 park units covering an area of about 14.1 million hectares (54,440 mi2) - about 14.4% of the entire province
Haida Gwaii is not to be missed.
I live up in Powell River, and it is like living in an endless mountain forest. I walk my dog on the trails and most days I do not run into anyone else, there is that much area to walk or whatever else you want to do.
I have been there many times. I lived in Sechelt as a teen in the 90s. I still have family living there. My cousin's are part of the Clayton family.
As someone who's lived in several of the areas shown I can honestly say I don't know anyone who doesn't own camping equipment. (as you get older it often tuns into an RV as tents are more for young bones). We went camping through school, and summer camps and groups gatherings (band, church, soccer). Camping seems to be considered a bonding experience.
As BC native, I love BC Canada. The most beautiful place in Canada and imo the world but of course I haven't really been anywhere so I'm really bias. I wouldn't change my scenery for anything in the world. I'm also right in the middle of BC Canada depending on who's asking in a little town called Burns Lake.
Your town's been in the news quite a bit! Did the whole town breath a sigh of relief?
I'm a Maritimer currently living in Calgary and I have visited eastern BC a lot and have really enjoyed it. Yoho, Kootenay, Invermere lake, Golden, Radium, I love visiting them. I have also been to parts of the Okanogan, Kamloops, Vancouver and Vancouver Island and I really enjoy seeing it. BC has it all! If you want to travel somewhere, go to the Maritimes. We don't have high mountain peaks but the vistas are amazing just the same.
@@dpcnreactions7062 Pretty certain the population of Calgary is about half of us Maritimers.
@@dpcnreactions7062 I'm from the middle of the mountains in BC and now live in the Maritimes.
@@eileenpaul4411 did you move into the Halifax area?
Lifelong Vancouverite here - this video reminds me how much of this province I've still never seen. Still maintain that it's the best place on the planet to live, if you can afford to! Side note - Squamish (the city) is named after one of the three major Coast Salish Indigenous nations that have lived in the southwestern part of British Columbia for thousands of years, along with the Musqueam and Tsleil-Waututh nations. So, that answers your question at 21:48 as to what the name means!
just don't ask him to pronounce that! :)
Tyler you might like to look into the West Coast Trail.
Famous entry level hike
p.s. when I was a kid, the big tourism campaign for BC was "Supernatural Brittish Columbia"
Banff and Jasper are Alberta
I love going to Yoho national park. The massive waterfall is a favourite place and I have been there often.
Come spend a month in BC and see our amazing environment for yourself! Supernatural British Columbia.
Yes, surprisingly, you *CAN* find beautiful scenery like this in the u.s.
Remember, the Rockies go down into the states too.
Also, to a lesser extent, you get the views in and around the Blue Mountain's and area.
And to be clear, the u.s. has *HUGE* numbers of places you can go to hike, and camp, and explore.
And I'd wager you could/can find at least a dozen such places within around a half a days drive from your living room. 😊
As stunning as Canada can be and as spectacular as British Columbia is, there are hundreds of beautiful wilderness locations around the US especially west of the Rockies and parts of the east/northeast. However, Canada tends to have more wilderness due to the size of the country and relatively low population. Tyler seems to know as little about his own country as he does Canada.
I am disappointed that they never showed the Whistler town site especially at Christmas time. It is absolutely spectacular. I lived in the Okanogan for five years. It was a beautiful place to live.
Garibalidi park used to be a hard steep hike back in the 70's even dangerous as it wasn't developed like this back then and you had to bring everything with you tent cook gear sleeping bags food it was a hard hike
I wish the video highlighted the towns Kimberley & Fernie both in the Kootenays with world class ski resorts. The narrator of the video chose to highlight Invermere, although it has beautiful scenery it doesn’t have anything to warrant the “best places to see in BC” title 😩
Lots of Albertans go to BC for their summer vacations. It is gorgeous. So is Alberta.
Invermere is very much a tourist town and very very busy in the summer.
There are 7 national parks and 1034 provincial parks in British Columbia ranging from semi arid to rain forest to alpine something for everyone's adventures
❤ Yup! That's the main reason why Canada isn't as populous as the USA. Imagine how breathtaking America was before it it bulldozed, filled, and otherwise destroyed for miles upon miles of suburbs and strip malls?
Just imagine Panorama Ridges being dotted with cabins and stores, or worse, completely covered by waves of buildings? It would look just like the most densely populated parts of Brazil, Italy and California.
We value our natural resources a lot here. We still have clear cut sites and other environmentally unsound industries destroying the ecosystem for wealth, but we try to keep it to a minimum for tourists to marvel at and as an investment for our descendants
That's my home province. Been to most of the fourteen places on the list, i love it here.
SQUAMISH is a 1st nations word which means MOTHER OF WIND it is at the top of HOWE SOUND and every day it gets wind from the water heating up and the mountains funneling the air
very popular w/ windsurfers and kiteboarders
it also has an underwater park for divers at PORTEAU COVE that features some of the largest octopus in the world and has a network of marine campgrounds only accessible from the water
There is another interesting feature to look at the Trans-Canada trail from Vancouver Island to St johns NB it would take 2yrs ,2 months and 1 week to complete ,hiking 30 km a day and you only saw the lower half of BC
This video omitted lots of destinations that are more remote and, in my opinion, way more interesting: The Great Bear Rainforest and Haida Gwaii, to name just two.
Greetings from Vancouver Island, nice job Tyler more of this and less reading the news of the day please. Kepp up the good work and if you have any questions on the Island feel free to ask.
If you watched the 2010 Winter Olympics, they took place in Whistler and Vancouver. They had to manufacture snow at Whistler because there wasn't enough that year.
Well the rockies do continue down past the border lol i remember the drive down from alberta to las vegas, nevada and it was beautiful all the way down on the I15. Even the small little corner of Arizona this highway goes through is absolutely stunning to see. That drive was more memorable than vegas itself lol
I live on the sunshine coast. Also the rockies run on the eastern side of British Columbia along the Alberta border
There are many hiking trails in the States. There is a trail that runs from Mexico, through the States and into Canada. Yes, people actually do it. lol British Columbia is just about all mountains. Not just the Rockies, smaller ranges around.
You have never heard of whistler? Like the most iconic ski resort in the world that blows me away
the motto for the province is Beautiful British Columbia and it is in our car license plates..
For Years B.C. Was marketed as super Natural B.C. - and rightly so, - as one who lives here and has visited almost every location in this video.
The ferry from Seattle will take you right into our downtown harbor.