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NEW See also:

WESTMINSTER
WESTMINSTER, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
WESTMINSTER, STATUTES OF
WESTMINSTER, SYNODS OF

WESTMINSTER , a See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city on the See also:

north See also:

BANK

bank of the See also:

Fraser See also:

RIVER

river, See also:

BRITISH

British See also:

COLUMBIA

Columbia, 15 M. from the mouth. Pop. (1906 estimate) 7900. Founded in 1859 it was the See also:

capital of British Columbia when the British possessions on the Pacific See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast formed two colonies—i.e. British Columbia (the mainland portion) and See also:

Vancouver See also:

ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island. The city is accessible to ocean-going See also:

SHIPS

ships of 16 ft. See also:

DRAUGHT (from the common Teutonic word " to draw "; cf. Ger. 7'racht, load; the pronunciation led to the variant form " draft," now confined to certain specific meanings)

draught. It is the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief centre of the farming See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country of the See also:

LOWER

lower Fraser and has a small export See also:

LUMBER

lumber See also:

trade. In 1898 the greater portion of the business See also:

PART

part of the city was destroyed by See also:

FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire, and though much of it was rebuilt, the See also:

ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of the city of Vancouver, only 12 M. distant, seriously affected its growth. It is connected with Vancouver by an electric railway. The See also:

GREAT

Great See also:

NORTHERN

Northern railway, connecting with See also:

SEATTLE

Seattle and other points in the See also:

state of See also:

Washington, here crosses the Fraser river by a See also:

FINE

fine See also:

BRIDGE

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