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The Vancouver Aquatics Centre is an indoor facility. [1] It replaces the Crystal Pool at Sunset Beach that was opened in 1928 and was demolished in 1974. [2] A contract to renew the facility was let in 2023 and the project is expected to take seven years to complete. [3]
The European green crab (Carcinus maenas) is an invasive species on the Atlantic coast of Canada, and has since also invaded the Pacific coast in British Columbia. [18] The European Green Crab travels on both recreational and trading boats, and their larvae can travel great distances to establish new populations. [19]
British Columbia is the fourth largest producer of salmon in the world and is Canada's leader in aquaculture production with 52.3% of total production value, followed by New Brunswick with 20.7% in 2009. The main species of fish farmed in Canada is led by salmon with 70.5% of all fish in aquaculture followed by mussels with 15.1%.
In 1961, BC Hydro transmission lines introduced electricity to the locality, [32] and a new school building was erected. [33] In 1967, the new community hall [34] replaced the former hall, which had been originally built in 1927 as a residence. [35] In 1985, the general store was for sale. [36] In the mid-1990s, the school closed. [37]
The Grandview Heights Aquatic Centre (GHAC) is an indoor Olympic-sized aquatic centre in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. [3] It is located in the Grandview Heights neighbourhood of South Surrey, and was designed by HCMA Architecture + Design, [4] built at a cost of $55 million and opened in June 2016. The facility features a 10-lane 50-meter ...
The Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre (TPASC; French: Centre sportif panaméricain de Toronto) is a sports complex in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Co-owned by the City of Toronto and the University of Toronto Scarborough, [1] it is operated by TPASC Inc., with programming offered by both the university and Toronto Parks, Forestry & Recreation. [2]
Of its Italian community, notable offspring include Phil Gaglardi, former BC Highways minister, and speed-skater Eden Donatelli. Silverdale is also notable as the site of Canada's first train robbery, by the "Gentleman Bandit" Billy Miner, and it is there he is supposed to have first used the polite "Hands Up!" in the course of the robbery.
The Beaty Biodiversity Museum is a natural history museum in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, located on the campus of the University of British Columbia.Its 20,000 square feet (1,900 square metres) of collections and exhibit space were first opened to the public on October 16, 2010; since then it has received over 35,000 visitors per year.