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Charles F. Banfield was with the King's Printer in Victoria, 1924-1946.

The Ballarat Company had mining interests in B.C.

Sir Joseph Banks was an English explorer.

The Barkerville Board of Trade represented the interests of businessmen and residents of Barkerville, B.C.

The Barkley family were farmers in the Westholme and Chemainus area of Vancouver Island.

Charles William Barkley was a ship captain who travelled mostly to the Far East but reached the northwest coast of B.C., where he discovered Barkley Sound.

Edward Barkley was a ship's captain in the Royal Navy.

Hedley Sterling Gold Mine was incorporated 20 December 1933. It was situated in the Simalkameen district, near Princeton, BC. It was active for nearly 16 years, dissolving on 8 October 1949.

Francis Jones Barnard (1829-1889) arrived in B.C. in 1859 and established the Barnard Express transportation company. His son, Francis Stillman Barnard (1856-1936), worked in the family business and expanded his business interests to lumber, brewing and electrical utilities. He served as Lieutenant-Governor of B.C. from 1914 to 1918 and died in Victoria.

Ira Barr was a dispatcher for the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway in Victoria, B.C.

Percy Barraclough was a surveyor.

Francis John Barrow emigrated to Canada at the turn of the century and looked for land in the Kootenays. He lived in the Gulf Islands until he finally settled in Sidney, B.C. He and his wife spent many summers cruising the West Coast.

Margaret Bayne was a suffragette, teacher and Superintendent of the Industrial Home for Girls, 1918-1929, in Vancouver, B.C.

Marjorie Beamish was a singer and pianist who lived in Burnaby. Her husband, William Beamish, was Reeve of Burnaby in the 1950s.

Canon A.J. Beanlands and family lived in Victoria, B.C.

Frank Beaton was a Hudson's Bay Company factor and later a mining recorder in Fort St. John, B.C.

Ernest Godfrey Beaumont lived on Discovery Island.

Robert Beaven was a British Columbia politician who served as Mayor of Victoria, Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works, and Premier of British Columbia.

The Beaver was a Hudson's Bay Company steamship working on the coast of B.C.

Nicoline Becker was a housewife originally from Germany, who lived in Victoria, B.C.

Samuel Beddis was an orchardist from Beaver Point on Saltspring Island.

Harry P. Bedwell was a resident of Australia whose brother, Edward P. Bedwell of the Royal Navy was engaged in a boundary survey on the HMS Plumper from 1857 to 1860.

Beedy and Townsend were merchants at Lightning Creek.

Samuel Beeman was a Hudson's Bay Company clerk based in Victoria, B.C.

Matthew Baillie Begbie was born on the island of Mauritius. The son of an army colonel, Begbie studied law and was selected by British colonial officials to establish British Columbia's judicial system. He arrived in 1858 and became a judge. He was appointed Chief Justice of British Columbia and was knighted in 1875.

Alexander Begg was an immigration agent for the Canadian Pacific Railway and a journalist.

Shaw George Behnsen was a diamond drill foreman.

C.N. Bell was a resident of Winnipeg who served as secretary of the Winnipeg Board of Trade in 1887.

Katie Bell was a researcher.