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False Creek between Granville Street Bridge and Burrard Street Bridge. False Creek ( French: Faux ruisseau) is a short narrow inlet in the heart of Vancouver, separating the Downtown and West End neighbourhoods from the rest of the city. It is one of the four main bodies of water bordering Vancouver, along with English Bay (of which it is an ...
Apr 21, 2022 · Detail of Map 216 showing mills on False Creek. City of Vancouver Archives. The oldest dates from 1898 and is actually the most precise of the maps in that it doesn't warp any distances. It's actually pretty much a street map, but with "Tourist Guide Map" across the top.
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Sep 30, 2016 · Bird’s-eye view map from 1898 published in the Vancouver World showing the east part of False Creek when it was still water. The bridge on left side of the map is Main Street, everything...
Apr 4, 2022 · It captures the names and uses of some of the lots there, including a church and roads to False Creek and New Westminster. Speaking of New Westminster, as the most notable settler town in the Lower Mainland, the area was knonw as the New Westminster District in 1876. Another maps shows how the land was broken up according to the district ...
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Jan 3, 2013 · 1898 – Vancouver City and Park Tourist Map. Archives Map 35. 1890 – View looking north on Main from 7th Ave before the fill. VPL Number: 36. Photographer: H.T. Devine. 1908 – South side of False Creek looking at the Main Street Bridge. VPL Number: 4989. Photographer: Philip Timms.
Feb 4, 2013 · The first Granville Bridge was built in 1889 connecting the south and north shores and industry, mills and manufacturing began to encircle the Creek. The CPR installed massive rail yards centred around the now refurbished Roundhouse, and to the north residents began to settle close to the yards where they worked. These men used to work on the ...
May 6, 2022 · False Creek Flats, located in Vancouver, Canada, was originally an estuary where salt and fresh waters mixed, creating a productive ecosystem. It had a riparian vegetation that acted as a buffer for both run-off and tidal waters, and fresh water streams flowed into the area, creating natural water filtration and flushing.
