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  2. Shops at New West - Wikipedia

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    Shops at New West is a shopping centre in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. The complex is unique for its integration into New Westminster station, a SkyTrain station on Metro Vancouver's metropolitan rail system. [2] The shopping centre opened on November 17, 2012 and is owned by First Capital Realty. [3]

  3. History of British Columbia - Wikipedia

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    The first European visitors to present-day British Columbia were Spanish sailors and other European sailors who sailed for the Spanish crown. There is some evidence that the Greek-born Juan de Fuca, who sailed for Spain and explored the West coast of North America in the 1590s, might have reached the passageway between Washington State and Vancouver Island – today known as the Strait of Juan ...

  4. History of cities in Canada - Wikipedia

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    The Park Royal Shopping Centre, in West Vancouver, became the first in the city in 1950 and Empire Stadium, was built to host the 1954 British Empire Games. Vancouver became the western anchor of the new CBC national television network in 1958 and the western hub of the newly completed Trans-Canada Highway in 1962.

  5. History of Vancouver - Wikipedia

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    The Park Royal Shopping Centre, in West Vancouver, became the first in the city in 1950 and Empire Stadium, was built to host the 1954 British Empire Games. Vancouver became the western anchor of the new CBC national television network in 1958 and the western hub of the newly completed Trans-Canada Highway in 1962.

  6. History of Canberra - Wikipedia

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    This era of prohibition is commemorated today in the form of a pub named after O'Malley that was established in the city centre of Canberra in 2000. [15] An international competition was held in 1911 by O'Malley to select a design for the layout of the capital city. An American architect, Walter Burley Griffin, won the competition in 1913.

  7. Former colonies and territories in Canada - Wikipedia

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    The island is the traditional hunting grounds of the Inuit and is claimed by both Canada and Denmark. [44] In 2007, updates of satellite photos led Canada to recognize the international border as crossing through the middle of Hans Island, not to the east of the island as previously claimed. [45] Hans Island – (1933–2022)

  8. Settler colonialism in Canada - Wikipedia

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    Royal Proclamation of 1763. The Royal Proclamation of 1763, issued by King George III, is considered one of the most important treaties in Canada between Europeans and Indigenous peoples, establishing the relationship between Indigenous peoples and the Crown, which recognized Indigenous peoples rights, as well as defining the treaty making process, which is still used in Canada today. [7]

  9. Mount Boucherie - Wikipedia

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    Mount Boucherie is named after Isadore Boucherie, a farmer, stock-raiser, and an early settler to both Rutland and the west side of the lake. In the late 1880s, Isadore purchased the land which is still known today as Boucherie Ranch, and the mountain behind the ranch still carries his name.