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  2. Downtown Vancouver - Wikipedia

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    Downtown Vancouver is the central business district and the city centre neighbourhood of Vancouver, Canada, on the northwestern shore of the Burrard Peninsula in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. It occupies most of the north shore of the False Creek inlet, which cuts into the Burrard Peninsula creating the Downtown Peninsula ...

  3. History of Vancouver - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The history of Vancouver, British Columbia, is one that extends back thousands of years, with its first inhabitants arriving in the area following the Last Glacial Period. With its location on the western coast of Canada near the mouth of the Fraser River and on the waterways of the Strait of Georgia, Howe Sound, Burrard Inlet, and their ...

  4. Pacific Command (Canadian Army) - Wikipedia

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    The command headquarters was initially housed in Esquimalt Fortress near Victoria, but on 30 November 1942 it was moved to the Old Hotel Vancouver in downtown Vancouver. After the United States entered the war in December 1941, Canada and the U.S. coordinated their defence of the west coast of North America.

  5. Victory Square, Vancouver - Wikipedia

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    0.9 acres (0.36 ha) Created. 1886. Operated by. City of Vancouver. Victory Square is a park in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The square is bordered by West Hastings Street to the northeast, West Pender Street to the southwest, Cambie Street to the southeast, and Hamilton Street to the northwest. The term is also used to refer to the ...

  6. Gastown - Wikipedia

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    gastown.org. 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 ...

  7. Canada in the world wars and interwar period - Wikipedia

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    History of Canada. During the world wars and interwar period, 1914–1947, Canada experienced economic gain, more freedom for women, and new technological advancements. There were severe political tensions over issues of war and ethnicity, and heavy military casualties.

  8. Timeline of Vancouver history - Wikipedia

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    1892 – The Great Marpole Midden is excavated for its archeology by Charles Hill-Tout. 1897 – The Klondike Gold Rush boosts a continent-wide depression of the 1890s. By 1900, Vancouver displaces Victoria, the provincial capital, as the leading commercial centre on Canada's west coast. 1898.

  9. List of World War II-era fortifications on the British ...

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    Ogden Point Battery – 1939–1943 with better guns replaced Breakwater Battery in 1944. Black Rock battery – 1893–1956. Macaulay Point, 3-gun battery dating back to 1878 48°25′05″N 123°24′33″W  /  48.41806°N 123.40917°W  / 48.41806; -123.40917. Golf Hill (WW II 1940–44 position), 2 × 12-pdr quick-firing anti motor ...