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HMS Discovery was the lead ship used by George Vancouver.In 1792, his expedition charted several points and inlets, including Point Grey and Burrard Inlet.. Spanish Captain José María Narváez was the first European to explore the Strait of Georgia in 1791.
1927 – Charles Lindbergh refuses to include Vancouver in his North American tour because of the lack of a proper airport. Two years later, the city purchases land on Sea Island for aviation purposes; it is now the location of Vancouver International Airport. 1929 – Vancouver amalgamates with the municipalities of Point Grey and South Vancouver.
Gastown is the original settlement that became the core of the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and a national historic site and a neighbourhood in the northwest section of the Downtown Eastside, adjacent to Downtown Vancouver. [1] [2] Its historical boundaries – the waterfront (now Water Street and the CPR tracks), Carrall Street ...
Waterfront station Waterfront's main concourse Waterfront station, Vancouver. Waterfront's main station building was designed in a neoclassical style, with a symmetrical red-brick facade dominated by a row of smooth, white Ionic order columns. The Ionic columns are repeated in the grand interior hall, flanking the perimeter of the space.
Vancouver BC 49°15′02″N 123°10′48″W / 49.2506°N 123.18°W / 49.2506; -123.18 ( Lord Kitchener Elementary Vancouver municipality ( 11312 )
The Vancouver and District Waterfront Association was the union for longshoremen working on Vancouver's waterfront between 1923 and 1935. It was established as a company union by the Shipping Federation of British Columbia after it defeated a strike and broke the local of the International Longshoremen's Association that previously represented the longshoremen.
Waterfront Station Class: A(M) 601 Cordova Street Waterfront Station is a major intermodal public transportation facility and the main transit terminus in Downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. 1914 Barott, Blackader, and Webster [6] Toronto Dominion Bank: 560-580 West Hastings Street 1920 Bank of Montreal - Main & Prior Branch Class: B ...
The Vancouver Maritime Museum is a maritime museum devoted to presenting the maritime history of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and the Canadian Arctic. Opened in 1959 [ 1 ] as a Vancouver centennial project, it is located within Vanier Park just west of False Creek on the Vancouver waterfront. [ 2 ]