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Vancouver city overview
Vancouver is a city in Canada shaped by its region, population, local economy, landmarks, climate and civic history. This overview summarizes the city itself: where it sits, what defines it, which places anchor its identity and why it matters within the wider country.
City facts
Airport baseVancouver International (YVR)
Known forStanley Park, Granville Island, Canada Place, Gastown
Population~662kcity context
RegionCanadaCanada
Time zoneAmerica/Vancouverlocal time
Founded1791historical origin
City history
Europeans became acquainted with the area of the future Vancouver when José María Narváez of Spain explored the coast of present-day Point Grey and parts of Burrard Inlet in 1791—although one author contends that.
Vancouver is among British Columbia's youngest cities; the first European settlement in what is now Vancouver was not until 1862 at McCleery's Farm on the Fraser River, just east of the ancient village of.
A sawmill was established at Moodyville (now the City of North Vancouver) in 1863, beginning the city's long relationship with logging.
The settlement, which came to be called Gastown, proliferated around the original makeshift tavern established by Gassy Jack in 1867 on the edge of the Hastings Mill property.
In 1870, the colonial government surveyed the settlement and laid out a townsite, renamed "Granville" in honour of the then–British Secretary of State for the Colonies, Lord Granville.
A railway was among the inducements for British Columbia to join the Confederation in 1871, but the Pacific Scandal and arguments over the use of Chinese labour delayed construction until the 1880s. Incorporation The.
This site, with its natural harbour, was selected in 1884 as the terminus for the Canadian Pacific Railway, to the disappointment of Port Moody, New Westminster and Victoria, all of which had vied to.
The Great Vancouver Fire on June 13, 1886, razed the entire city.
While some manufacturing did develop, including the establishment of the British Columbia Sugar Refinery by Benjamin Tingley Rogers in 1890, natural resources became the basis for Vancouver's economy.
One of those merchants, Charles Woodward, had opened the first Woodward's store at Abbott and Cordova Streets in 1892 and, along with Spencer's and the Hudson's Bay department stores, formed the core of the.
The first major sympathy strike was in 1903 when railway employees struck against the CPR for union recognition.
Alcohol prohibition began in the First World War and lasted until 1921 when the provincial government established control over alcohol sales, a practice still in place today.
The resource sector was initially based on logging and later on exports moving through the seaport, where commercial traffic constituted the largest economic sector in Vancouver by the 1930s. 20th century The dominance of.
The Vancouver Fire Department was established that year and the city quickly rebuilt.
Worth seeing
Stanley Park
Stanley Park is a practical Vancouver planning anchor: compare its location, transfer time, nearby hotel bases and event timing before you lock the day plan.
Granville Island
Granville Island is a practical Vancouver planning anchor: compare its location, transfer time, nearby hotel bases and event timing before you lock the day plan.
Canada Place
Canada Place is a practical Vancouver planning anchor: compare its location, transfer time, nearby hotel bases and event timing before you lock the day plan.
Gastown
Gastown is a practical Vancouver planning anchor: compare its location, transfer time, nearby hotel bases and event timing before you lock the day plan.
Kitsilano Beach
Kitsilano Beach is a practical Vancouver planning anchor: compare its location, transfer time, nearby hotel bases and event timing before you lock the day plan.
North Shore mountains
North Shore mountains is a practical Vancouver planning anchor: compare its location, transfer time, nearby hotel bases and event timing before you lock the day plan.
Stay overview
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Hotels & areas
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Vancouver International (YVR) arrival plan
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Rental cars
Vancouver day-trip car use
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Best time to visit
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Transport notes
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Crowds
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Booking detail
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