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2141 Spirit of Kamloops entering Armstrong BC — Historyted at English Wikipedia, Public domain
2414 Main Street Vancouver — Canadian2006, CC BY-SA 3.0
3rd. Avenue at Victoria Street, Ray Fuoco Block Downtown Kamloops — Kiyoteru Awaji, CC BY 4.0
A Jacquard loom showing information punchcards, National Museum of Scotland — Stephencdickson, CC BY-SA 4.0
A pile of alphabet wooden blocks — Bobjgalindo, CC BY 4.0
A stroll in Cheam Lake Wetlands, Chilliwack, BC - (18726263750) — Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0
Abacus actually in use at kimono shop in Otaru — Syced, CC0
Aerial view of Golden, BC — Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0
Alaska Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) — Gregory "Slobirdr" Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0
Andromeda Galaxy (with h-alpha) — Adam Evans, CC BY 2.0
Antique writing desk (24043198652) — Thomas Quine, CC BY 2.0
Art tools and paint palette set up for a creative session — Shixart1985, CC BY 2.0
Athabasca Glacier from the valley floor, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada — Ethan Sahagun, CC BY 4.0
Autumn colours on Nicola Lake (15493782944) — Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0
Backlit keyboard — User:Colin, CC BY-SA 4.0
BalticServers data center — BalticServers.com, CC BY-SA 3.0
Beacon Hill Park Scene with Blossoms - Victoria - BC - Canada (16664095779) (2) — Adam Jones from Kelowna, BC, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0
Biltmore Estate, 2012 — Blake Lewis, CC BY-SA 2.0
Bird-nest-with-eggs-Sitia-Crete — Petro Stelte, CC BY-SA 4.0
Bookbinding - French 17th Veal binding 4 — Remi Mathis, CC BY-SA 3.0
British Columbia Parliament Building — Miladlaferrari, CC BY-SA 3.0
Cascades S of Chilliwack, BC - Mt Cheam (2104m) sharp peak on left. (16132353992) — Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0
Chess board 2 — Utkarshsingh.1992, CC BY-SA 3.0
Chess board 3 — 3steph14, CC BY-SA 4.0
Chess game Staunton No. 6 perfil view 8 — Wilfredor, CC0
Cleveland FRB Vault Door - brightened — Spamguy at English Wikipedia, CC BY 2.5
Clover Point — Hannah Clover, CC BY-SA 4.0
Code on computer monitor (Unsplash) — Markus Spiske markusspiske, CC0
Coinkite Coldcard Hardware Wallet (43153911800) — Gareth Halfacree from Bradford, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0
Coldcard Hardware Cryptocurrency Wallet - Crypto — Tony Webster, CC BY 2.0
ColdwaterriverBC — The Interior, CC BY-SA 3.0
Columbia River Revelstoke — Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 2.0 ca
Connect Four — Popperipopp, CC BY 3.0
Crayons with colors — Ks.mini, CC BY-SA 3.0
Cultus Lake, British Columbia — Kayoty, CC BY-SA 4.0
Curiosity rover selfie at Mont Mercou Sol 3070 (53677088587) — semeion.photo, Public domain
Czech-2013-Prague-Astronomical clock face — Godot13, CC BY-SA 4.0
DFC 0847 A person stands at a claw machine in a dimly lit arcade surrounded by colorful glowing game cabinets and neon lights — PattayaPatrol, CC BY-SA 4.0
DFC 2197 A colorful assortment of fresh fruits and vegetables - apples mango dragon fruit kiwis limes bananas and more - arranged on a wooden crate — PattayaPatrol, CC BY-SA 4.0
Dinosaur's Egg fossil 02 — Harshit khunt18, CC BY-SA 4.0
Dollhouse, local museum Dossenheim 01 — Nemracc, CC BY-SA 4.0
Downtown Vernon — Richvernon, CC BY-SA 3.0
Dramatic Views of Hurricane Florence from the International Space Station From 9 12 (42828603210) (cropped) — NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, CC BY 2.0
Duke's Garden entrance gate 2025-05-14 — Andy Li, CC0
English Bay Pier from Stanley Park, Vancouver, B.C. (13850611623) — UBC Library Digitization Centre, No restrictions
Enigma-IMG 0487-black — Rama, CC BY-SA 2.0
Erstwhile printing press (8348890070) — shankar s. from sharjah, united arab emirates, CC BY 2.0
Factory Automation Robotics Palettizing Bread — KUKA Roboter GmbH, Bachmann, Public domain
File:Alberta Legislature Building, Edmonton, Alberta, 2026-09-27 09.jpg — Chris Woodrich, CC BY-SA 4.0
File:Assemblée nationale du Québec, Canada.jpg — Wilfredor, CC0
File:Attica 06-13 Athens 50 View from Philopappos - Acropolis Hill.jpg — A.Savin, CC BY-SA 3.0
File:Autumn's promise (48973911991).png — joanne clifford, CC BY 2.0
File:Bank of Canada, Wellington St, Ottawa (491773) (9450301964).jpg — Robert Linsdell from St. Andrews, Canada, CC BY 2.0
File:BC Place - night game (6219415118).jpg — Matt Boulton, CC BY-SA 2.0
File:BC Place (Vancouver).jpg — Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0
File:British Columbia Parliament Building in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 07.jpg — Michal Klajban, CC BY-SA 4.0
File:Building92microsoft.jpg — Coolcaesar, CC BY-SA 4.0
File:C-GLCP @ Victoria (7715354752).jpg — Guilhem Vellut from Annecy, France, CC BY 2.0
File:Centre Block - Parliament Hill.jpg — Saffron Blaze, CC BY-SA 3.0
File:Detroit Skyline from Windsor August 2024.jpg — TheWxResearcher, CC0
File:Exchange Tower, Toronto Stock Exchange, Toronto, Ontario (21219467213).jpg — Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0
File:FBI Headquarters - J. Edgar Hoover Building (53840035941).jpg — ajay_suresh, CC BY 2.0
File:Googleplex HQ (cropped).jpg — Asoundd, CC BY-SA 4.0
File:Granville Street Vancouver.jpg — Xicotencatl, CC BY-SA 4.0
File:House of Commons at West Block.jpg — Takipoint123, CC BY-SA 4.0
File:International Monetary Fund headquarters.jpg — APK, CC BY 4.0
File:Long beach - Tofino - Vancouver Island 01.jpg — Buiobuione, CC BY-SA 4.0
File:Luxembourg Kirchberg A De Gasperi 01.jpg — Cayambe, CC BY-SA 3.0
File:Massey Hall August 2017 02.jpg — Arild Vågen, CC BY-SA 4.0
File:Meta Platforms Headquarters Menlo Park California.jpg — LPS.1, CC0
File:North Vancouver General Hospital.jpg — Vraptor888, CC BY-SA 3.0
File:Nuremberg - justice palace 2012 (aka).jpg — André Karwath aka Aka, CC BY-SA 2.5
File:Okanagan Lake, Kelowna, BC, Canada4.jpg — Joli Rumi, CC BY-SA 4.0
File:Old City Market, Sanaa (10035332343).jpg — Rod Waddington from Kergunyah, Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0
File:Rogers Arena, Vancouver (2012).JPG — Another Believer, CC BY-SA 3.0
File:San Jose California Skyline.jpg — Michael from San Jose, California, USA, CC BY 2.0
File:Sherbrooke, Quebec - centre-ville en automne - 3.jpg — Cantons-de-l'Est, CC BY-SA 4.0
File:Spawning Sockeye and Chum Salmon.tif — Kissmykumbaya, CC BY 4.0
File:Stade Percival-Molson 04.jpg — Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0
File:Supreme Court of India, inside buildings 02.jpg — Pinakpani, CC BY-SA 4.0
File:SyncrudeWoodBuffalo.JPG — The Interior, CC BY-SA 3.0
File:Tantalus Range from Sea to Sky Highway.jpg — Thomas Quine, CC BY 2.0
File:The bicycle path along the coast in Antalya, Turkey DSF8523.jpg — Levi Meir Clancy, CC0
File:Toronto - ON - BMO Field.jpg — Wladyslaw, CC BY-SA 3.0
File:Toronto August 2017 04.jpg — Arild Vågen, CC BY-SA 4.0
File:Toronto University College 1.jpg — GoginkLobabi, CC BY-SA 4.0
File:USL First Division Championship 2009 leg one, Swangard Stadium, 2009-10-10.JPG — Gump Stump, CC BY-SA 4.0
File:Vancouver (BC, Canada), Art Gallery -- 2022 -- 1923.jpg — Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0
File:Vancouver (BC, Canada), Canada Place -- 2022 -- 2093.jpg — Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0
File:Vancouver (BC, Canada), English Bay Beach -- 2022 -- 1941.jpg — Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0
File:Vancouver City Hall (5594972510).jpg — popejon2 from Paddington, Australia, CC BY 2.0
File:View from Gatineau side at Ottawa 02.JPG — Tullia, CC BY-SA 3.0
File:Vogue Theatre Vancouver 02.JPG — Xicotencatl, CC BY-SA 3.0
File:Windows of Toronto Reference Library.jpg — Maksim Sokolov (maxergon.com), CC BY-SA 4.0
File:Zone portuaire de la ville de Varna (Bulgarie) (Ifremer 00798-91046 - 52057).jpg — Olivier Dugornay (IFREMER, Pôle Images, Centre Bretagne - ZI de la Pointe du Dia, CC BY 4.0
File:Площадь Свободы, Харьков - Freedom Square, Kharkiv - panoramio.jpg — YuTrofimov, CC BY 3.0
Fisherman's Wharf Park, Victoria, British Columbia 08 — Michal Klajban, CC BY-SA 4.0
Fisherman's Wharf Park, Victoria, British Columbia 09 — Michal Klajban, CC BY-SA 4.0
Flowers at Summerland Ornamental Gardens — Accuruss, CC BY-SA 3.0
Fraser River Hope — Emma0mb, CC BY 4.0
Frog on Lily Pad (3926795011) — Gerwin Sturm from Vienna, Austria, CC BY-SA 2.0
From the Naramata Bench - panoramio — Jack Borno, CC BY-SA 3.0
Full Moon Luc Viatour — Luc Viatour, CC BY-SA 3.0
Glockenspiel-malletech — flamurai, Public domain
Golden BC Downtown — Royalbroil, CC BY-SA 3.0
Granville Island Public Market 1 — Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 4.0
Gray Monk Winery (9551154756) — David Burn from Austin, TX, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0
Greater Victoria Harbour Authority, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 19 — Michal Klajban, CC BY-SA 4.0
Grizzly Plaza Revelstoke British Columbia — Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 2.0 ca
Grouse grind steps — Exien, Public domain
Growlers (10371364305) — Ruth Hartnup, CC BY 2.0
Halley VI Antarctic Research Station - Science modules — Hugh Broughton Architects, CC BY-SA 4.0
Handtücher im Spa (53404561087) — Tim Reckmann from Hamm, Deutschland, CC BY 2.0
Harbour at Salmon Arm (Shuswap Lake) — DI Florian Fuchs, CC BY 3.0
Hatley Park National Historic Site, British Columbia (2012) - 12 — Another Believer, CC BY-SA 3.0
Hope, BC - Bridge used in movie First Blood — Chris06, CC0
Hope, BC - municipal building — Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0
Horse Plowing at Fieldstone Farm — The Interior, CC BY-SA 4.0
Illuminated Ferris wheel, bouncing castle and carousel at night in a funfair in Vientiane, Laos — Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0
In memory of one of the rare Elephant Twins, who died this week. Amboseli National Park (44852745994) — Ray in Manila, CC BY 2.0
Inner Harbour and The Empress Hotel, Victoria, southwest view 20240827 1 — DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0
Innopolis University Lecture Hall — WWELNUR, CC BY 4.0
Kalamalka Lake — LN? from Canada, CC BY 2.0
Kamloops — Chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 3.0
Kamloops from Kenna Cartwright Park — Darren Kirby, CC BY-SA 2.0
Kamloops Riverside Park — Fawn116, Public domain
Kelowna (BC, Canada), Waterfront Promenade -- 2022 -- 201951 — Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0
Kelowna (BC, Canada), Waterfront Promenade, Bootssteg -- 2022 -- 202528 — Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0
Kelowna (BC, Canada), Waterfront Promenade, Bootssteg -- 2022 -- 202528 — Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0
Kettle Valley steam train at Troat Creek Bridge 2011 — Nils Öberg, CC BY-SA 3.0
Keukenhof tulips - 17591061520 — Willem van Valk, CC BY 2.0
Kicking horse mountain resort itsaten — CrazyCanuck, CC BY-SA 3.0
KickingHorseRiver — Stodge, Public domain
Kits-Beach — Xicotencatl, CC BY-SA 4.0
Klondike lost game — Leduyquang03, CC0
Kootenay reflection — A. Ernyes at en.wikipedia, Public domain
KUKA industrial robotic arm performing "The Beach" by Roy Nachum - 02 — Oleg Yunakov, CC BY-SA 4.0
KVR (19993384531) — Fil.Al from Comox, Canada, CC BY 2.0
Lake Country, BC (9548368543) — David Burn from Austin, TX, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0
Laptop keyboard abstraction — Martin Vorel, CC BY-SA 4.0
Lavender Field (53073920873) — judy dean from Cotswolds, United Kingdom, CC BY-SA 2.0
Liberty department store interior 2012-12-27 — Daniel X. O'Neil, CC BY 2.0
Lightning Pritzerbe 01 (MK) — Mathias Krumbholz, CC BY-SA 3.0
Lions Gate Bridge (air) — Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0
Llyn Ogwen Milky Way — John Badham, CC BY-SA 4.0
Long Room Interior, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland - Diliff — Diliff, CC BY-SA 4.0
Magnifying glass2 — Heptagon, Public domain
Marketfest — Ecosociety, CC BY-SA 3.0
Meadows in the Sky (3865620481) — Phil Whitehouse from London, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0
Merritt — Quietstormking at English Wikipedia, Public domain
Merritt BC 20190510 — Brislian, CC BY-SA 4.0
Monte Creek Ranch Winery (19899289035) — CK Golf from Vancouver, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0
Mouse cerebellar sclices showing Purkinje neurons — Achinraj, CC BY 4.0
Nelson banner — LibertyLakeAnne, CC0
Neuschwanstein Castle 2024-02 — Wilfredor, CC0
Ocean View from Beacon Hill Park - Victoria - BC - Canada - 01 (16664054699) (2) — Adam Jones from Kelowna, BC, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0
Okanagan Lake at Winfield - Lake Country - BC - Canada - 01 (37465275260) (2) — Adam Jones from Kelowna, BC, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0
Okanagan Lake from Giants Head — Feuerst, CC BY-SA 3.0
Okanagan Lake Peachland BC — Christopher Jones, CC BY-SA 4.0
Okanagan lake south — User: (WT-shared) Bulliver at wts wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 1.0
Okanagan Lake, Kelowna, BC, Canada2 — Joli Rumi, CC BY-SA 4.0
Open book with apples placed on a wooden table in a bright indoor setting — Shixart1985, CC BY 2.0
Page from Swedish stamp album Facit Sverige Lyx 1855 to 1985 by Swedish company Facit Foerlags AB — R. Henrik Nilsson, CC BY 4.0
Paul Lake Provincial Park, British Columbia — Koppertone, CC BY-SA 4.0
Peachland (32354097110) — simpf, CC BY-SA 2.0
Peachland, BC — KDBelliveau, CC BY-SA 4.0
Peachland, British Columbia — erwlas, CC BY 2.0
Penticton Lazy River — Kyle Pearce, CC BY-SA 2.0
Penticton, BC - 25 Front Street 01 — Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 4.0
Plastic chess pieces — W.carter, CC BY-SA 4.0
Poppy and wild flower meadow - geograph.org.uk - 6694392 — N Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0
Printing press 03 — Vis M, CC BY-SA 4.0
Printing press 05 — Vis M, CC BY-SA 4.0
Rayleigh.Kamloops.BC — CliveRichey, CC BY 3.0
Red Apple — Abhijit Tembhekar from Mumbai, India, CC BY 2.0
Red jigsaw puzzle pieces 2 — Profpcde, CC0
Reflection in a soap bubble edit — Brocken Inaglory. The image was edited by user:Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0
Revelstoke Pano 2013 — Daniel Kane, CC BY-SA 3.0
RS 42471-12 PCB 02 — Mister rf, CC BY-SA 4.0
Salmon Arm Bastion Mountain — Metallurgist, Public domain
SalmonArmFromTappen — The Interior, CC BY-SA 4.0
Saturn V Rocket -- Johnson Space Center — Jim Evans, CC BY-SA 4.0
Sias Library - Students Studying 2017 — Gary Todd, CC0
Silver Star Mountain (4870329044) — Shawn from Airdrie, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0
Skaha Bluffs, Penticton, BC (9988164285) — Tim Buss from North County, San Diego, California, USA, CC BY 2.0
Skaha Lake along the Okanogan River — Darren Kirby from Penticton, BC, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0
Skaha Lake Wikivoyage banner — Darren Kirby from Penticton, BC, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0
Skyline of Vancouver viewed from Stanley Park — Ueutyi, CC BY-SA 4.0
Space Shuttle Columbia launching — NASA, Public domain
SS Sicamous 01 — Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 4.0
Stack of Envelopes by Martin Vorel — Martin Vorel, Public Domain
State Department Store Interior 1 — SunDawn, CC BY-SA 4.0
State Department Store Interior 2 — SunDawn, CC BY-SA 4.0
Steam locomotive gear (JŽ 06-018; Slovenia) — Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0
Sudoku-Domino — Kou07kou, CC BY-SA 4.0
Sun Peaks Resort — Janet Hopkins, CC BY 3.0
Terracotta neck-amphora (jar) MET DP230079 — Creator:Princeton Group, CC0
The Balderdash board game and pieces 01 — Harrison Keely, CC BY 4.0
The Big Orange Bridge in Nelson, British Columbia — LibertyLakeAnne, CC0
The City of Kamloops (149401218) — Shawn from Airdrie, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0
The fabulous commodore ballroom neon (3683353819) — Ben Aston, CC BY 2.0
The Great Orion Nebula in Narrowband — Astrofalls, CC BY 4.0
The Main Street in Nelson, BC (15552534935) — Kyle Pearce, CC BY-SA 2.0
The South Saddle NEAR Shoemaker Eros — NEAR Shoemaker, Public domain
ThinkPad T430 (keyboard) — Vitaly Zdanevich, CC0
Tic-Tac-Toe Mödlareuth 20201003 DSC4494 — PantheraLeo1359531, CC BY 4.0
Trezor - Hard Wallet- Cold Storage for Cryptocurrency — Sanjev Rajaram, CC BY-SA 4.0
Two students in Edinburgh University Library (21303703670) — This is Edinburgh (edinburgh.org), CC BY 2.0
University of Lincoln Central Library and Students Union — Michael Rowe, CC BY-SA 4.0
Vancouver skyline and Stanley park — Jc1599, CC BY 4.0
Vedder River — Pete from Vancouver, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.5
Vernon Okanagan Landing — Richvernon, CC BY-SA 4.0
WelcometoArmBC — Wikimedia Commons contributor, Public domain
Western honey bee on a honeycomb — Matthew T Rader, CC BY-SA 4.0
Whitewater Ski Resort Ymir Bowl — Baoluo at English Wikipedia, Public domain
Wooden door of an old house01 — Panpanchik, CC BY-SA 4.0
Yatomi City Library childrens books ac — Asturio Cantabrio, CC BY-SA 4.0
File:Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building, Washington, D.C.jpg — Pelajanela, CC BY-SA 4.0
File:Nasdaq MarketSite (51494550508).jpg — ajay_suresh, CC BY 2.0
File:Front sight view of the National Parliament House of Bangladesh.jpg — Sd Raihan, CC BY-SA 4.0
File:A view of the server room at The National Archives.jpg — The National Archives (UK), CC BY 3.0
File:Bitcoin Cryptocurrency Laws & Regulations.jpg — edwinchuen, CC BY 2.0
File:Professional woman working at desk with laptop and documents in bright office setting.jpg — Shixart1985, CC BY 2.0
File:Credit card terminal in Laos.jpg — Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0
File:Virginia Tech - data center.jpg — Christopher Bowns, CC BY-SA 2.0

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