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E.T. Dodge and Company were freight merchants in New Westminster, B.C.

Eagle and Paxton Store was a store and trading post at 150 Mile House.

The Eaglet Lake Farmers' Institute was based in Prince George, B.C.

The East Chilliwack Women's Institute was organized in the Hopeline District in 1929.

Edgar and Aime was a wholesale provision company.

The Edgewood and Inonoaklin Women's Institute was organized in the Arrow Lakes District in 1926.

The Educational Research Institute of British Columbia (ERIBC) was founded in 1967, a successor agency to the British Columbia Educational Research Council, an independent association established in 1956 to promote educational research.

Yoho National Park is located near Field. It was established in 1886, and the name is derived from a Cree expression for awe or wonder. The park currently encompasses 1,310 square kilometres on the western slopes of the Rocky Mountains and borders Banff National Park to the east and Kootenay National Park to the south. It includes one of Canada’s highest water falls, Takakkaw Falls.

Yoho is the site of one of the world’s most important fossil finds, the Burgess Shale, which was designated a World Heritage Site in 1981. Contained within the shale are the fossilized remains of nearly 120 marine species dating back 515 million years. The contiguous peaks of Yoho, Banff, Jasper and Kootenay were declared a World Heritage site in 1984.

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The Empress News Company was located at Smithers, B.C.

The Empress of India travelled regularly between Victoria and the Far East.

The ship Enterprise was based in Victoria, B.C.

The Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway was constructed by Robert Dunsmuir to serve Vancouver Island. Railway construction was completed in 1886. In 1905, the railway was purchased by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company.

The Eureka Silver Mining Company was established in Victoria in 1871.

The Fairbridge Alumni Association was formed as an organization of former students at the Fairbridge Farm Schools, institutions aimed at resettling underprivileged British children in Canada.

In 1901, the Children's Aid Society of Victoria was incorporated and the first home was established on Fern Street. A succession of homes were managed until 1933, when the homes were condemned. At that time, the Society began placing children in foster homes. In 1947, the Children's Aid Society was renamed the Family and Children's Service, and operated until 1973, when the organization was absorbed by the Department of Human Resources.

Following fundraising activities by local women, the Female Infirmary was built in Victoria in 1864 to provide health care services for women. It merged with the Royal Hospital of Victoria in 1871.

The Fernie and District Farmers' Institute represented farmers and agricultural interests in the Fernie area of the East Kootenays.

Findley, Durham and Brodie were commission agents in Victoria, B.C.

The First Lutheran Church was located in Vancouver.