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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 883 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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VANCOUVER , a See also:

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

city and See also:

PORT

port in the See also:

province of See also:

BRITISH

British See also:

COLUMBIA

Columbia, See also:

CANADA

Canada, on the See also:

SOUTHERN

southern See also:

side of Burrard Inlet. Pop. (1906) about 45,000. It is the western See also:

TERMINUS

terminus of the See also:

CANADIAN

Canadian Pacific railway. The See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour of Vancouver is one of the finest natural harbours in the See also:

WORLD

world. The city is the largest in British Columbia, and is the See also:

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

chief Canadian See also:

SHIPPING

shipping port for See also:

JAPAN

japan, See also:

CHINA

China, See also:

AUSTRALIA

Australia and the islands at which the C.P.R. See also:

MAIL

mail steamers See also:

CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

call. There are See also:

REGULAR

regular lines of steamers See also:

RUNNING

running between Vancouver and See also:

ALASKA

Alaska and the points of connexion with the See also:

YUKON

Yukon territory, as well as lines to See also:

PUGET, PIERRE (1622-1694)

Puget See also:

Sound and See also:

SAN

San Francisco in the See also:

UNITED

United States. The port also has regular and frequent communication by steamer with See also:

Victoria, and is the headquarters of an extensive See also:

COASTING

coasting See also:

trade. In 1886, soon after its See also:

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

establishment, a 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 swept the whole See also:

TOWN

town out of existence, but the inferior wooden buildings at first erected have been largely replaced by See also:

stone and See also:

BRICK (derived according to some etymologists from the Teutonic bricke, a disk or plate; but more authoritatively, through the French brique, originally a " broken piece," applied especially to bread, and so to clay, from the Teutonic brikan, to break)

brick structures, giving a handsome See also:

APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance to the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal streets. Vancouver has well-paved streets and is well supplied with See also:

WATER

water, electric See also:

LIGHTING

lighting, electric cars and all the improvements of a See also:

MODERN

modern city. See also:

Stanley See also:

Park, a large reserve of 900 acres, is one of the principal See also:

PLEASURE (through Fr. plaisir from Lat. placere, to please; Gr. rlbovii)

pleasure resorts. There is also See also:

FINE

fine See also:

sea-bathing at See also:

ENGLISH

English See also:

BAY

Bay on the outskirts of the city.

The " McGill University See also:

COLLEGE (Collegium)

College of British Columbia " at Vancouver is one of the colleges of McGill University (See also:

MONTREAL

Montreal). There are a See also:

SUGAR

sugar refinery and See also:

cooperage See also:

WORKS

works, as well as large sawmills, See also:

SHINGLE

shingle factories and many other See also:

INDUSTRIAL

industrial concerns. A large wholesale trade is carried on with all the settlements of the province. Vancouver is the centre of the important See also:

TIMBER

timber See also:

INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry of British Columbia.

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