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10 Important Places in BC

1. Kingsway – Old first nations trail, today’s kingsway follows the false creek route

2. Gastown-  John Deighton had a vision, he paddled in Burrard Inlet on the last day of September. He announced to all the      Mill workers they could have all the whisky they could drink if they would help him build a bar. The globe Saloon was up and ready within 24 hours. As they gave him the nickname “Gassy Jack”, That led on to the name Gastown.

3. Port moody – was being considered for the pacific terminus but they found that it was to shallow and the land was not flat enough for a terminal. Port Moody people were very mad and felt betrayed that they were no longer going to have the terminus. They decided to extend the railway through Port Moody to a new terminus in the English harbour.

4. Waterfront station- End of CPR

5. Fort Langley- a trading fort that shipped out beaver pelts and soon after became a stop for miners going up to the gold rush supplying them with their necessities. (by making the gold rush possible was a major factor to the contribution of the creation of BC which lead soon to Vancouver.

6. New West- To ensure control of the new colony by Britain and to discourage any thoughts of American expansion, a small detachment of Royal Engineers had been sent for to show the flag and build roads. The first 25 “sappers” arrived from England November 25, 1858 under the command of Col. Richard Moody. Their settlement came to be called Sapperton.

7. North Rd- Moody had a trail built through the forest from New Westminster to ice-free Burrard Inlet

8.Hastings Mill- The Stamps Mill had an irascible mill manager. Edward Stamp had a falling out with his English investors and left. The operation, quickly under new ownership, became the Hastings Mill.

9. Hamilton-  Hamilton began to lay out the Vancouver townsite and worked for the city to survey the land.

10. Stanley Park- Van Horne was excited about the name Vancouver for the city so he rowed around what became Stanley park by the CPR local land commissioner Lauchlan Hamilton

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