June
10
Greater Vancouver History Tour
- Kingsway, connects New Westminster to Vancouver.
- Gastown, gathering spot for mill workers and sailors.
- Port Moody, they wanted the CPR to pass through port moody, but they decided not to do that.
- End of CPR, Vancouver is the railway terminus.
- Fort Langley, July 27, 1827 marks the date of the beginning of Greater Vancouver, and the Fort was going to be built a few days later.
- New West, to ensure Britain’s control of the new colony they settled in Sapperton, which is the area we know as New Westminster.
- North Rd, is the boundary between Burnaby and Coquitlam.
- Hastings Mill, is a mill in Gastown
- Hamilton, corner of Hamilton and Hastings streets mark the starting place of the Vancouver Townsite.
- Stanley Park, Malcolm Maclean declared this 1000 acres of land as a park.
Good job. For your project, make sure you explain one of these in sentences and focus on revealing the importance of these sites.