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1. www.britannica.com › place › VancouverVancouver | History, Map, Population, & Facts | Britannica

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   3 days ago · It was incorporated as a city in April 1886 (just before it became the western terminus of the first trans-Canada railway, the Canadian Pacific) and was renamed to honour the English navigator George Vancouver, of the Royal Navy, who had explored and surveyed the coast in 1792. A disastrous fire just two months after incorporation destroyed the ...

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     Vancouver is the largest city in the Canadian province of...

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     Vancouver itself originated as a small sawmilling...

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     Strait of Georgia, narrow passage of the eastern North...

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     In 1907 the city of North Vancouver was incorporated as an...

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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Canadian_National_RailwayCanadian National Railway - Wikipedia

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   3 days ago · 22,600 (2022) Website. cn .ca. The Canadian National Railway Company [a] ( French: Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada) ( reporting mark CN) is a Canadian Class I freight railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, which serves Canada and the Midwestern and Southern United States. [3] [4]

3. globalnews.ca › news › 10602517‘I can’t get out’: West End seniors left stranded by broken ...

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   3 days ago · The elevator broke down on June 22. Ten days later, residents say they’ve now been told it will be another two-to-four weeks for it to be repaired. Rogers said she’s been relying on a ...

4. www.vancouverisawesome.com › auto-racing › palouPalou, Rossi manage fast laps in rain ... - Vancouver Is Awesome

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   15 hours ago · Qualifying follows Saturday afternoon for Sunday’s IndyCar 200 that will unfold over 80 laps in northeast Ohio. “I think everybody wanted to get more,” said Palou, whose Chip Ganassi Racing Honda posted a fast lap of 1 minute, 7.0650 seconds in the narrow window of dryness.

5. bc.ctvnews.ca › vancouver-canucks-free-agency-haulCanucks news: Vancouver signs left-winger Jake DeBrusk | CTV News

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   4 days ago · DeBrusk was the Vancouver Canucks' biggest acquisition Monday. The club signed the 27-year-old left-winger to a seven-year, US$38.5-million contract as the NHL's free-agent market opened.

6. globalnews.ca › news › 10606856Vancouver’s Kits Pool to reopen after ‘second set of eyes ...

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   1 day ago · 2:02 Vancouver mayor and city councillor suggest donations, sponsorships for new Kits pool In June, the city announced the pool would be closed for the summer due to a “number of core issues.”

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   Why was Vancouver renamed Vancouver?

   • It was incorporated as a city in April 1886 (just before it became the western terminus of the first trans-Canada railway, the Canadian Pacific) and was renamed to honour the English navigator George Vancouver, of the Royal Navy, who had explored and surveyed the coast in 1792.

   Vancouver | History, Map, Population, & Facts | Britannica

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   Where is Vancouver located?

   • Vancouver lies between Burrard Inlet (an arm of the Strait of Georgia) to the north and the Fraser River delta to the south, opposite Vancouver Island. The city is just north of the U.S. state of Washington. It has a fine natural harbour on a superb site facing the sea and mountains.

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   Why is Vancouver important to Canada?

   • By the 1930s Vancouver was Canada’s major Pacific coast port. After World War II it developed into Canada’s main business hub for trade with Asia and the Pacific Rim. The city has long been a popular destination for immigrants both from other parts of Canada and from overseas.

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   How did Vancouver become a prosperous port?

   • The city recovered, however, to become a prosperous port, aided in part by the opening of the Panama Canal (1914), which made it economically feasible to export grain and lumber from Vancouver to the east coast of the United States and to Europe.

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8. www.vancouverisawesome.com › auto-racing › afterAfter years-long effort, IndyCar is ... - Vancouver Is Awesome

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   3 days ago · After no hiccups during a final full-field test June 11, the hybrid system is poised to make its debut on Sunday at Mid-Ohio in an IndyCar regular-season race presented, quite fittingly, by the 2025 Honda Civic Hybrid.