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A member municipality of Metro Vancouver, it is British Columbia's third-largest city by population (after Vancouver and Surrey), and is the seat of Metro Vancouver's regional district government. 25% of Burnaby's land is designated as parks and open spaces, one of the highest in North America.
Nov 27, 2007 · Burnaby adjoins Vancouver on the west, Coquitlam on the east and New Westminster on the southeast. Named after Robert Burnaby, a businessman and legislator of the 1860s, it features Burnaby Mountain (365 m), Burnaby Lake, the Fraser River and Burrard Inlet.
The history of British Columbia covers the period from the arrival of Paleo-Indians thousands of years ago to the present day. Prior to European colonization, the lands encompassing present-day British Columbia were inhabited for millennia by a number of First Nations . Several European expeditions to the region were undertaken in the late 18th ...
Get to know Burnaby—read fun facts, learn our history and more. Burnaby is a city in British Columbia, Canada. Located in the centre of Metro Vancouver, it’s the third-largest city in the province with over 249,000 residents.
May 8, 2024 · From its Indigenous roots to its colonial past and its present-day status as a thriving urban centre, Burnaby embodies the resilience, diversity, and dynamism that characterize the spirit of British Columbia.
In 1858, the Fraser River gold rush prompted the British government to create the Colony of British Columbia. The British claimed control of the land and the people in it. Colonial officials and Royal Engineers soon arrived from England to establish New Westminster as the colony’s capital.
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2 days ago · British Columbia, Canada’s westernmost province. It is bounded to the north by Yukon and the Northwest Territories, to the east by the province of Alberta, to the south by the U.S. states of Montana, Idaho, and Washington, and to the west by the Pacific Ocean and the southern panhandle of Alaska.
