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The Seaforth Armoury is a Canadian Forces armoury located at 1650 Burrard Street in Vancouver, British Columbia. It is the home of The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada, a Primary Reserve Infantry unit. The building was designed by the architectural firm of McCarter and Nairne, and is now listed as a Class A Heritage Building. [3]
Based at the Seaforth Armoury on Burrard Street in Vancouver, the regiment serves in both times of war and civil emergency, such as disaster relief after earthquakes or floods. It also contributes individual volunteers or "augmentees" to Canadian Forces operations around the world.
With Astrolabe, 5th and 6th ships to visit Hawaii. [5] late 1780s Butterworth: William Brown 400 tons Britain: William Brown Maritime fur trading in 1790s Part of the "Butterworth squadron", including Jackall and Prince Lee Boo: RMS B.X. Owen Forrester Browne: sternwheeler Gross 513 Registered 283 16 inches Canada: Barnard's Express
1937–1937 Vancouver Burrard Olympics; ... 5th Junior A. In 1948 Vancouver Burrards defeated the St. Catharines Athletics 3 games to 2 (13-17, 10–4, ...
In 2024, Canada Place was co-named Komagata Maru Place in honor of a 1914 incident when the Komagata Maru steamship (also known as the Guru Nanak Jahaaz) brought 376 Punjabis (337 Sikhs, 27 Muslims and 12 Hindus) to Vancouver, most of whom were denied entry, detained for two months with a lack of medical aid, food or water, and then forced to ...
39 Canadian Brigade Group (39 CBG; French: 39 e Groupe-brigade du Canada) is a Canadian Forces formation of the Canadian Army under the 3rd Canadian Division.The brigade group is composed of Canadian Forces (CF) Primary Reserve units, all of which are based within the province of British Columbia.
The McBarge anchored in Burrard Inlet near Vancouver, British Columbia, in 2006 49°11′03″N 122°34′10″W / 49.184193°N 122.569430°W / 49.184193; -122.569430 The McBarge , officially named the Friendship 500 , is a former McDonald's restaurant, built on a 187-foot-long (57 m) [ 1 ] barge for Expo '86 in Vancouver , British ...
It crosses Burrard Inlet to connect the cities of Vancouver (at Waterfront station) and North Vancouver (at Lonsdale Quay). Owned by TransLink and operated by the Coast Mountain Bus Company , the SeaBus forms an important part of the region's integrated public transportation system.