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UBC~The University of British Columbia

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The University of British Columbia (commonly referred to as UBC) is a public research university located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. UBC also operates a satellite campus in Kelowna, British Columbia as well as smaller speciality and satellite campuses located at Great Northern Way Campus (Digital Media) and Robson Street (Continuing Studies, Business, Law, Public Health), both in Vancouver proper.[4] The 402-hectare (993-acre) main campus is located directly west of the University Endowment Lands, an unincorporated community on Point Grey, a peninsula about 10 km from downtown Vancouver. The 209-hectare (516-acre) Okanagan campus is situated about 20 minutes from downtown Kelowna.[4]

Beaty Biodiversity Museum

2212 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4
Neighbourhood: UBC

www.beatymuseum.ubc.ca/

While the originating legislation created UBC on March 7, 1908,[5] the first day of lectures was September 30, 1915. On September 22, 1925, lectures began on the new Point Grey campus. The enabling legislation are the University Act[6] and the University Amendment Act, 2004.[7] The university is the oldest in British Columbia and has the largest enrolment with over 54,000 students at its Vancouver and Okanagan campuses combined.[4][8] The university library, which comprises 5.9 million books and journals, is the second-largest research library in Canada.[9]

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UBC

Beaty Biodiversity Museum

UBC's campus ~

Beaty Biodiversity Museum~

The Blue Whale Story
Raising Big Blue set to air on Discovery Channel June 5, 2011.

Mark Miller Productions and the Discovery Channel present this documentary feature following the story of our blue whale skeleton from PEI to Victoria to Vancouver. See the behind-the-scenes drama involved in recovering, cleaning, and restoring the skeleton of the largest creature on earth. Tune in to the Discovery Channel on Sunday, June 5 at 5pm, 8pm, and 11pm Pacific. Visit the Discovery Channel website for more info.

http://beatymuseum.ubc.ca/research/whale