Tourism in Canada the rest of Canada. British Columbia is divided into 6 regions: British Columbia (BC) is Canada's most mountainous province and has some of the most spectacular mountain scenery in the world. Alpine skiing is a major draw for the province. The province has about 33 large ski resorts spread out from Vancouver Island to the Alberta border. Whistler, British Columbia, nestled in the rugged Coast Mountains, is consistently ranked as the #1 ski resort destination in North America and co-hosted the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. Vancouver, the largest Canadian metropolitan area west of Toronto, is one of Canada's most multi-cultural
Melanesian whistler Melanesian whistler The Melanesian whistler or Vanuatu whistler ("Pachycephala chlorura") is a species of passerine bird in the whistler family Pachycephalidae. It is found on the Loyalty Islands, Vanuatu, and Vanikoro in the far south-eastern Solomons. Until 2014, the Melanesian whistler was considered conspecific with the New Caledonian whistler. Formerly, it has also been treated as a subspecies of the golden whistler. Four subspecies are recognized: The species is a medium sized whistler, typically around in length and weighing , though some subspecies are larger. In the nominate subspecies the male has a dark slate-grey crown, face and nape, a