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1. Coal Harbour
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Takes its name from the discovery of veins of coal here in 1859. The veins ranged from four to fifteen inches in thickness. |
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2. Fairview
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Fairview - This district was named by L.A. Hamilton, the CPR land commissioner. |
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3. Kerrisdale
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Kerrisdale - In 1905, when the BC Electric Railway put in a tram stop at what is now 41st Avenue in Vancouver, R.H. Sperling, general manager of the company, called on the young Scottish couple, |
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4. Kitsilano
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Kitsilano - Derived from the name of a Squamish Indian who came from a village on the Squamish River (near its confluence with Cheakamus River) and settled in Stanley Park, just east of Prospect Point, about 1860. |
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5. Musqueam 2
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Musqueam - This Indian village, now within the boundaries of Vancouver, marks the farthest point reached by Simon Fraser when he made his descent in 1808 of the river bearing his name. |
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6. Stanley Park National Historic Site of Canada / Brockton Point
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After F. Brockton, senior engineer of 1-1M surveying ship Plumper. In 1859 Captain Richards of the Plumper reported to Governor Douglas that Brockton, exploring the area of today's Stanley Park, had found coal in nearby Coal Harbour. |
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7. Vancouver (City) / Burrard Inlet / Coward's Cove / Eburne / Elsje Point / English Bay / False Creek / Ferguson Point
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Elsje Point - Pronounced 'El-shuh.' This point, at the end of the Vancouver Maritime Museum's breakwater, commemorates Mrs. W.M. Armstrong, née Elsje De Ridder (1918-81), a former chairwoman of the Museum's board of trustees. |
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8. West Point Grey
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West Point Grey - Named by Captain Vancouver 'in compliment to my friend Captain George Grey of the Navy.' Captain Grey (1767-1828) commanded HMS Victory, Jervis's flagship at the Battle of St. Vincent in 1797. |
| 9. Arbutus Ridge
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| 10. Bridgeview
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| 11. Cassin
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| 12. Dunbar-Southlands
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| 13. Garden Village
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| 14. Grandview
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| 16. Hastings-Sunrise
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| 17. Kensington-Cedar Cottage
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| 18. Killarney
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| 19. Kitsilano 6
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| 20. Lieu historique national du Canada du Parc-Stanley
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| 21. Marpole
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Marpole - Formerly Eburne, but renamed Marpole in 1916. After Richard Marpole (1850-1920), who, after early experience with English railways, came to Canada, where he became a CPR contractor in 1881. |
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| 22. Oakridge
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| 23. Othello
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| 24. Renfrew-Collingwood
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| 25. Riley Park
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| 26. Shaughnessy
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| 27. South Cambie
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| 28. Sproatt
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| 29. Still Creek
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| 30. Sunset
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| 31. Tamarisk
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| 32. University Hill
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| 34. West End
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| 35. West Heights
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| 36. Westridge
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| 37. Westview
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| 38. A:mai (Strathcona, 3km)
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| 39. Ahmacinnit 3 (Strathcona, 3km)
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| 40. Ahpukto 3 (Strathcona, 3km)
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