Logo of the British Columbia Lions of the Canadian Football League, used from 1954, their first year in the CFL, until 1977. The team is widely known as the “BC Lions” and is based in Vancouver, B.C. The team is named after twin mountain peaks located in Vancouver that are known as ‘the lions” because they resemble a pair of lions. The franchise has won the league’s championship, the Grey Cup, five times in their history, most recently in 2006.