Vancouver, Canada
- British Columbia, Canada
City of Vancouver, Canada
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City of
Vancouver, Canada
Vancouver is located in the southwest corner of Canada in the province of
British Columbia, at about 49° Latitude and 123° Longitude, next to the Pacific
Ocean.
Vancouver is surrounded by water on three sides and overlooked by the Coast
Range - mountains that rise abruptly to more than 1,500 m. Its climate is one of
the mildest in Canada. Temperatures average 3°C in January and 18°C in July.
Vancouver's average annual precipitation is 1,219 mm. Most rainfall occurs in
winter.
Archaeological evidence shows that coastal Indians had settled the Vancouver
area by 500 B.C. British naval captain George Vancouver explored the area in
1792. Vancouver was founded as a sawmill settlement called Granville in the
1870s. The city was incorporated in 1886 and renamed after Captain Vancouver.
With a present population of about 560,000 (estimated), Vancouver lies in a
region of more than 2 million people. Vancouver is the largest city in the
province and the third largest in Canada. It covers an area of 113 sq km.
Vancouver is a major port and probably leads the world in grain exports. As
the main western terminus of Canada's transcontinental highway and rail routes,
it is the primary city of western Canada, as well as one of the nation's largest
industrial centers
Official
Vancouver, Canada
city website: www.city.vancouver.bc.ca
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