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The Graham Island Farmers' Institute represented farmers and agricultural interests on Graham Island in the Queen Charlotte Islands.

On January 1, 1979 the Information Division name was changed to Information Services Branch.

The Graham Island Settlers' Association represented residents of Graham Island, the largest of the Queen Charlotte Islands.

In 1970-71 the Division of Audio-visual Services name was changed to the Audio-visual Services Branch. On April 1, 1974 this name was changed to the Provincial Educational Media Centre.

Clara Graham was a researcher from Cranbrook interested in the history of the Kootenays.

Established December 2, 1953, the British Columbia Toll Highways and Bridges Authority changed its name to the British Columbia Ferry Authority, on April 1, 1964. That name changed on January 1, 1977 to British Columbia Ferry Corporation.

Established December 2, 1953 as the British Columbia Toll Highways and Bridges Authority. Name changed to the British Columbia Ferry Authority, on April 1, 1964.

Over the years, the system’s popularity grew, and in 1970, the “stretch and lift” program was implemented. Existing vessels were cut in half in order to allow for a midsection to be spliced in. Usage of the system continued to grow and the name was changed on January 1, 1977 to British Columbia Ferry Corporation. By 2000, the Corporation reached the half billion passenger mark. That same year, the ability to make reservations online was introduced.

Three years later, in 2003, the Corporation was re-launched as a private company and renamed British Columbia Ferry Services Inc. In March 2009, a Commercial Services division was launched to manage the transportation of goods between Vancouver Island the Mainland.

In 2010, BC Ferries introduced another branch known as BC Ferries Vacations to provide packages and trips up the coast, and a Vacation Centre in downtown Vancouver was opened.

Established as a crown corporation in May 1980.

In March 1987 the Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3) (S.B.C. 1987, c. 44) instituted a title change from the British Columbia Place Act to the British Columbia Enterprise Corporation Act; British Columbia Place Ltd. was renamed British Columbia Enterprise Corporation. BCEC ceased operations on September 30, 1989.

David Graham travelled from Kamloops to work on a survey party in 1876.

BC Rail Ltd. created on June 19, 1984 as a subsidiary of the holding property British Columbia Railway Company.

The Department of Transport and Communications was established in 1959 with the enactment of the Department of Commercial Transport Act (SBC 1959, c. 12). The new department was formed out of the Railway Dept., the Weigh Scale Section of the Dept. of Highways, and the Commercial Vehicle Section of the Motor Vehicle Branch, Dept. of Attorney-General.

In 1959, the mandate of the Dept. of Commercial Transport included responsibility for railways and pipelines, registration and licensing of commercial vehicles; establishing and operating weighing-stations and for the weighing of commercial vehicles; and for issuance, renewal and transfer of licences and permits under the Motor Carrier Act.

In 1973, the name of the department was briefly changed to Dept. of Commercial Transport and Communications (OIC 1742/73) before it was renamed the Dept. of Transport and Communications (Department of Transport and Communications Act, SBC, 1973, c.112). The functions added were the Motor Vehicle Branch, the Data Processing Centre, aircraft operations, government telecommunications services, the Motor Carrier Branch, the Telecommunications Consultants Branch and BC Ferries.

Joseph Dee Graham was a B.C. Provincial Police constable at Nelson, B.C., in 1892 and 1893.

Established in 1908/09. Name changed 1936 to National Parks Bureau. Reverted December 1, 1950 to National Parks Branch. Name changed again 1964 to Natural and Historic Resources Branch. Reestablished in April 1973? under Parks Canada.

James Ogden Grahame was an employee of the Hudson's Bay Company who worked in Victoria and Fort Garry.

On July 1, 1954 split to form DuPont of Canada Securities Ltd and Canadian Industries (1954) Limited. On December 30 1955 Canadain Industries (1954) Limited changed name back to Canadian Industries Limited.

Martin Allerdale Grainger was born in London, England, and spent his childhood in Australia. He graduated from Cambridge and spent a number of years in northern B.C., working at placer mining, logging and journalism. In 1908 while in England he wrote "Woodsmen of the West" based on his own experiences. He returned to the forest industry of B.C. in 1910, where he held successive positions as secretary to the Royal Commission on Forestry, Deputy Chief Forester and Chief Forester of British Columbia. After 1920, he ran his own lumbering firm. Grainger died in Vancouver in 1941.