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[66] [67] The island and the city are both named after Royal Navy Captain George Vancouver (as is the city of Vancouver, Washington, in the United States). Vancouver has one of the largest urban parks in North America, Stanley Park , which covers 404.9 ha (1,001 acres). [ 68 ]
Captain George Vancouver (/ v æ n ˈ k uː v ər /; 22 June 1757 – 10 May 1798) was a British Royal Navy officer best known for his 1791–1795 expedition, which explored and charted North America's northwestern Pacific Coast regions, including the coasts of what became the Canadian province of British Columbia and the U.S. states of Alaska, Washington, Oregon, and California.
Vancouver shares its name with the larger city of Vancouver in southern British Columbia, Canada, approximately 300 miles (480 km) to the north.Both cities were named after British sea captain George Vancouver, but the U.S. city is older.
Named after Gassy Jack, Gastown was Vancouver's first downtown core. A former river pilot, John (Jack) Deighton, set up a small (24' x 12') saloon on the beach about a mile west of the sawmill in 1867 where mill property and its "dry" policies ended. His place was popular and a well-worn trail between the mill and saloon was soon established ...
The name Granville honours Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville, [citation needed] who was British Secretary of State for the Colonies at the time of local settlement. In 1886, it was incorporated as the city of Vancouver, named after Captain George Vancouver, who accompanied James Cook on his voyage to the West Coast and subsequently ...
There are a number of places named after famous people. ... Vancouver, British Columbia – Captain George Vancouver, English explorer of Dutch descent ...
After a one-month delay, ... (“Trump’s name and brand have no more place on Vancouver’s skyline than his ignorant ideas have in the modern world,” the city’s mayor wrote at the time.)
For many years after colonization, the future park, with its abundant resources, would also be home to non-Indigenous settlers. The land was later turned into Vancouver's first park when the city incorporated in 1886. It was named after Lord Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, a British politician who had recently been appointed Governor General of ...