KnowBC This link opens in a new windowKnowBC is the online edition of the Encyclopedia of British Columbia and provides access to 4,000 articles on BC places, historic photographs, statistics, maps, charts, diagrams, as well as interactive sound and video clips. The KnowBC portal recently added numerous other BC-related encyclopedias and resources to its collection, including, The Encyclopedia of Raincoast Place Names, Marine Life of the Pacific Northwest, Far West: the Story of British Columbia and more.