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2. First Narrows (Vancouver) - Wikipedia

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   First Narrows forms the western mouth of Vancouver's inner harbour. Prior to the dredging shallow sandbanks extended far from the north shore. First Narrows is the official name for the entrance to Burrard Inlet , the mouth of Vancouver, British Columbia 's inner harbour.

3. Primera Angostura - Wikipedia

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   The sound was named Primera Angostura (Spanish for First Narrows) as it was the first narrows of the strait that ships met when sailing through the strait from east to west. The ferry company Transbordadora Austral Broom S.A. operates across the narrows.

4. British Columbia Highway 99 - Wikipedia

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   Highway 99 was extended to West Vancouver in 1956, crossing the existing Lions Gate Bridge across the First Narrows of the Burrard Inlet, and continued along Marine Drive and Taylor Drive for 1.1 kilometres (0.7 mi) to the new Upper Levels Highway.

5. Burrard Inlet - Wikipedia

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   Burrard Inlet (Halkomelem: səl̓ilw̓ət) is a shallow-sided fjord in the northwestern Lower Mainland, British Columbia, Canada. [1] [2] Formed during the last Ice Age, it separates the City of Vancouver and the rest of the lowland Burrard Peninsula to the south from the coastal slopes of the North Shore Mountains, which span West Vancouver and the City and District of North Vancouver to the ...

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8. Lions Gate Bridge - Wikipedia

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   The First Narrows ferry operated between Ambleside and Gastown from 1909 to 1947. [5] The decision on whether to build the bridge was put to the electorate of Vancouver in 1927, but the first plebiscite was defeated and the idea was put to rest for the time being. [6] Alfred James Towle Taylor, an engineer with a land interest in the ...

9. Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing - Wikipedia

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   The First Narrows Bridge, better known as Lions Gate Bridge, crosses Burrard Inlet about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) west of the Second Narrows. The bridge is a steel truss cantilever bridge , designed by Swan Wooster Engineering Co. Ltd. Construction began in November 1957, and the bridge was officially opened on August 25, 1960.