Peenie Wallie: British Columbia vs. California, Oregon, and Washington state

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January 24, 2012

British Columbia vs. California, Oregon, and Washington state

After my little peregrination through British Columbia last year, I was really overwhelmed at the size and beauty of British Columbia, Canada. It was much, much larger than I'd imagined. When you look at it on a map...it's always sort of..."oh yeah...Canada's up there...hmmmm."

After driving for days and days just to get across British Columbia, I began to suspect that, in fact, British Columbia was larger than California, Oregon, and Washington combined. Tonight, I finally did the math. According to WIkipedia:

California = 163,696 square miles
Oregon = 98,381 square miles
Washington = 71,300 square miles
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Total area = 333,377 square miles

British Columbia = 357,216 square miles

So, I was right in my suspicions. British Columbia is larger than California, Oregon, and Washington combined. So if you ever plan to drive a dirt bike across B.C., you probably better take some extra gas.

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