Headquarters

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Headquarters

Coordinates49.76°, -125.10°

Demographic figures from Statistics Canada. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Headquarters notes the location where most or all of the important functions of an organization are coordinated. The term is used in a wide variety of situations, including private sector corporations, non-profits, military organizations, religious groups, sports leagues and so on. It usually implies a geographically dispersed organization with a clear hierarchical structure.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Emily St. John Mandel

Canadian writer (born 1979)

Sarah Neufeld

Canadian violinist

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in British Columbia

• Dove Creek
  4.2 mi away
• Black Creek
  4.9 mi away
• Coleman Bates
  5 mi away
• Miracle Beach
  6.1 mi away
• Waveland
  6.5 mi away
• Saratoga Beach
  7 mi away
• Puntledge
  7.4 mi away
• Oyster River
  7.7 mi away
• MacAulay Heights
  8.7 mi away
• Little River
  8.7 mi away
• Minto
  9.8 mi away
• Royston
  10.7 mi away · pop. 1,562

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Headquarters

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada : the headquarters for miners outfits

British Columbia Board of Trade · 1897

Canadian Engineers, C.E.F., British Columbia

1997

A short history of the British Columbia Regiment (13th Armoured Regiment, Duke of Connaught's Own, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps) the "Dukes"

Canada. Army. British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own) · 1953

Smithers

1914

B.C.B.G.A. battalion orders by Lieutenant-Colonel Prior commanding B. C.G.A. Battalion headquarters, 7th March 1894

E. G. Prior · 1894

Constitution and by-laws the Victoria Branch of the Great War Veterans' Association of Canada with headquarters at Ottawa

Great War Veterans' Association of Canada. Victoria Branch. · 1995

[Letters from headquarters and from the Secretary of War forwarded to Captain A.H. Nickerson, commanding Camp Steele, San Juan Island, containing all necessary information in regard to the character of the joint military occupation of the islands]

1868

Yank, the Army Weekly

United States. War Department. Special Services Division. · 1945

Search results from Open Library.

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• Wildfire GOAT, Kittitas, Washington
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Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Recently spotted species

American Golden-Plover

Pluvialis dominica

Seen 2026-09-21

Milky Slug

Deroceras reticulatum

Seen 2026-09-20

Cooper's Hawk

Astur cooperii

Seen 2026-09-20

Vancouver Island Bumble Bee

Bombus vancouverensis vancouverensis

Seen 2026-09-20

Black Slug

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Seen 2026-09-20

Bleeding Fairy Helmet

Mycena haematopus

Seen 2026-09-20

Pacific Marten

Martes caurina

Seen 2026-09-20

Wapiti

Cervus canadensis

Seen 2026-09-19

American Bullfrog

Lithobates catesbeianus

Seen 2026-09-19

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).