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9 mag 2024 · George Vancouver (born June 22, 1757, King’s Lynn, Norfolk, England—died May 10, 1798, Richmond, Surrey) was an English navigator who, with great precision, completed one of the most difficult surveys ever undertaken, that of the Pacific coast of North America, from the vicinity of San Francisco northward to present-day British ...
- Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell
Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell (born June 15, 1792,...
- Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell
1 giorno fa · Much of the western part of Vancouver Island and the rest of the coast is covered by temperate rainforest. The province's most populous city is Vancouver, which is at the confluence of the Fraser River and Georgia Strait, in the mainland's southwest corner (an area often called the Lower Mainland). By land area, Abbotsford is the ...
4 giorni fa · 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.
2 giorni fa · Prince George is a city in British Columbia, Canada, situated at the confluence of the Fraser and Nechako rivers. The city itwself has a population of 76,708 [3]; the metro census agglomeration has a population of 89,490. [4] It is often called the province's "northern capital".
- Canada
- March 6, 1915
- 575 m (1,886 ft)
- British Columbia
2 giorni fa · Canadian Pacific Railway Limited. The Canadian Pacific Railway ( French: Chemin de fer Canadien Pacifique) ( reporting marks CP, CPAA, MILW, SOO ), also known simply as CPR or Canadian Pacific and formerly as CP Rail (1968–1996), is a Canadian Class I railway incorporated in 1881. The railway is owned by Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited ...
13 mag 2024 · May 13, 2024. Captain George Vancouver's Encounter with the Pacific Northwest. Captain George Vancouver was a renowned British explorer and navigator whose voyage to the Pacific Northwest in the late 18th century left an indelible mark on the region's history and geography.
3 mag 2024 · Rueben George walks in the footsteps of his grandfather with new memoir ‘It Stops Here’. The səlilwətaɬ leader and grandson of Chief Dan George reflects on the unfolding impacts of colonization and what it means to embrace spirit. By Dene Moore Arts, Vancouver September 17, 2023.
