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In 1915, it expanded as a municipality and was renamed "North Vancouver"; the name Moodyville still applies to the Lower Lonsdale district, though more as a marketing term than in common usage (Moodyville proper was a few blocks to the east).
Whereas creation of the international border between the United States of America and British North America in 1846 isolated the lower mainland from any natural geographical north-south orientation, it was the Fraser River gold rush of 1858 that dramatically reshaped the Vancouver area.
1 day 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 ...
Apr 20, 2022 · While George Vancouver's name now is used for the city in B.C., he got his name from a town in the Netherlands called Coevorden.
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Feb 13, 2011 · The first permanent European settlement in the region was Fort Langley in 1827 and the first urban centre was New Westminster in 1859. Unlike the rest of Canada’s west, Aboriginal title to the majority of the land in British Columbia, including present-day Vancouver, was not extinguished through treaty.
In 1886 Vancouver was finally incorporated as a city and renamed in honor of George Vancouver, who had been one of the European explorers to discover the area in 1792.
Dec 30, 2023 · City staff recommend Victoria's Trutch Street be renamed with Lekwungen word for truth; Vancouver city council votes unanimously to change street named after colonial leader
