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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.
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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.
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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
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"BC Games Society Staff" . BC Games Society. Retrieved January 19, 2017 .
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"Calgary sporting pioneer dies in B.C. at age 89" . Calgary Herald . Retrieved 2020-02-22 .
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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
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"BC Summer and BC Winter Games Zones" . BC Games . Retrieved 2021-09-16 .
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