The BC Games Society is a provincial crown corporation in British Columbia created in 1977. The organization is the governing body responsible for the BC Summer Games and BC Winter Games , and manages the Team BC program at the Canada Games . Ron Butlin served as the first manager-director of the society from 1977 to 1987.[2] [3]
Participating teams [ edit ] Eight zones, each representing a different region of British Columbia, participate in each instalment of the games. The zones and the cities they include are listed as follows.[4]
Kootenays (Zone 1) – Castlegar , Cranbrook , Fernie , Grand Forks , Kimberley , Nelson , Rossland , Trail
Thompson-Okanagan (Zone 2) – Armstrong , Enderby , Kamloops , Kelowna , Merritt , Peachland , Penticton , Revelstoke , Salmon Arm , Vernon
Fraser Valley (Zone 3) – Abbotsford , Chilliwack , Langley , Maple Ridge , Pitt Meadows
Fraser River (Zone 4) – Burnaby , Coquitlam , New Westminster , Port Coquitlam , Port Moody , Surrey , White Rock
Vancouver-Coastal (Zone 5) – North Vancouver , Richmond , Vancouver
Vancouver Island-Central Coast (Zone 6) – Campbell River , Courtenay , Duncan , Ladysmith , Nanaimo , Oak Bay , Port Alberni , Powell River , Victoria
North West (Zone 7) – Prince Rupert , Terrace
Cariboo-North East (Zone 8) – Dawson Creek , Fort Nelson , Fort St. John , Prince George , Quesnel , Williams Lake
^ "BC Games Society Staff" . BC Games Society. Retrieved January 19, 2017 .
^ Slade, Daryl (2014-06-26). "Calgary sporting pioneer dies in B.C. at age 89" . Calgary Herald . Retrieved 2020-02-22 .
^ Friday, July 10, 1987 — Morning Sitting , 34th Parliament, vol. 1st Session (1987 Legislative Session Hansard ed.), Victoria, British Columbia: Parliament of British Columbia , p. 2392, retrieved February 23, 2020
^ "BC Summer and BC Winter Games Zones" . BC Games . Retrieved 2021-09-16 .
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