1. Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site of Canada / Georgia Strait (Steveston, 2km)
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This is the euphonious 'Gran Canalde Nuestra Senora del Rosario la Marinera' of the Spanish explorers. Captain Vancouver tells of his naming of it: |
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2. Bridgeport (Richmond, 2km)
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At the end of 1889, two bridges linked Richmond with the mainland, and locals hoped that a port would develop here. |
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3. Brighouse (Richmond, 2km)
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After Sam Brighouse, born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, in 1836. Brighouse and his cousin John Morton came to British Columbia in 1862 and spent a brief time in the Cariboo goldfields. |
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4. Broadmoor (Richmond, 2km)
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5. Burkeville (Richmond, 2km)
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6. Elgin (Richmond, 2km)
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7. Kelvin (Richmond, 2km)
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8. McGuire (Richmond, 2km)
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9. Meadowbrook (Richmond, 2km)
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10. Richmond (City) / Deas Island / Iona Island / Lulu Island / Sturgeon Bank / Tilbury Island / Woodwards Landing (Richmond, 2km)
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Deas Island - After John Sullivan Deas, a mulatto tinsmith who was foreman at a cannery here in the 1870s. He originally came to British Columbia as a member of the Royal Engineers. |
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11. Sea Island 3 (Richmond, 2km)
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12. Seafair (Richmond, 2km)
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13. Southarm (Richmond, 2km)
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14. Steveston - Garry Point (Richmond, 2km)
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Garry Point - After Nicholas Garry, Deputy Governor of the I-IBC 1822-35. Named by Captain Aernilius Simpson of the HBC when he brought the schooner Cadboro into the mouth of the Fraser in 1827, the first vessel to enter the river. |
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15. Thompson (Richmond, 2km)
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16. Tucks (Richmond, 2km)
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17. Woodwards Landing (Richmond, 2km)
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18. Arbutus Ridge (Vancouver, 13km)
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19. Bridgeview (Vancouver, 13km)
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20. Cassin (Vancouver, 13km)
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21. Coal Harbour (Vancouver, 13km)
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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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22. Dunbar-Southlands (Vancouver, 13km)
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23. Fairview (Vancouver, 13km)
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Fairview - This district was named by L.A. Hamilton, the CPR land commissioner. |
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24. Garden Village (Vancouver, 13km)
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25. Grandview (Vancouver, 13km)
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26. Grandview-Woodlands (Vancouver, 13km)
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27. Hastings-Sunrise (Vancouver, 13km)
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28. Kensington-Cedar Cottage (Vancouver, 13km)
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29. Kerrisdale (Vancouver, 13km)
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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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30. Killarney (Vancouver, 13km)
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31. Kitsilano (Vancouver, 13km)
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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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32. Kitsilano 6 (Vancouver, 13km)
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33. Lieu historique national du Canada du Parc-Stanley (Vancouver, 13km)
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34. Marpole (Vancouver, 13km)
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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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35. Musqueam 2 (Vancouver, 13km)
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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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36. Oakridge (Vancouver, 13km)
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37. Othello (Vancouver, 13km)
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38. Renfrew-Collingwood (Vancouver, 13km)
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39. Riley Park (Vancouver, 13km)
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40. Shaughnessy (Vancouver, 13km)
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