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The tunnel is 3.4 kilometres (2.1 mi) long, and it is a single-track railway. [12] The maximum speed limit in the tunnel is 16 kilometres per hour (10 mph). [13] The tunnel is named after Sir Henry Worth Thornton, who was an early president of CNR. [14] CNR designated the branch line containing the tunnel and bridge as the Thornton Branch. [15]
Regional districts came into being via an order of government in 1965 with the enactment of amendments to the Municipal Act. [1] Until the creation of regional districts, the only local form of government in British Columbia were incorporated municipalities, and services in areas outside municipal boundaries had to be sought from the province or through improvement districts.
Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia. As of 2024, British Columbia has 161 municipalities, [1] out of which 53 are classified as cities. [2] According to the 2021 Canadian census, British Columbia is the third most populous province in Canada, with 5,000,879 inhabitants, and the second largest province by land area, covering 920,686.55 square kilometres (355,479.06 square miles).
The following is a list of radio stations in the Canadian province of British Columbia, as of 2024.Radio stations are listed here by their legal city of licence.Some stations popularly associated with the Vancouver market may in fact be licensed to outlying communities such as New Westminster, Burnaby or North Vancouver.
The Metro Vancouver mayors recommended a new eight-lane tunnel in 2019 as the replacement of the Massey Tunnel. [4] On August 18, 2021, the provincial government announced the go ahead of the new eight-lane tunnel with a pedestrian and bicycle carriageway, subject to Indigenous consultation and environmental approvals.
North Vancouver Transit Centre (1946–2016): This depot, built in 1945, was located at 536 East 3rd Street, North Vancouver. It was the base for most North Shore services not operated by West Vancouver Municipal Transit. It closed in September 2016, and all North Vancouver routes now operate from Burnaby Transit Centre.
On May 6, 1986, Princess Diana and Prince Charles disembarked at Patterson station after riding the SkyTrain from Waterfront station during their visit to Vancouver and Expo 86. [ 2 ] In 2002, Millennium Line service was introduced to the station, which provided outbound service to VCC–Clark station (originally Commercial–Broadway ) via ...
The 26 km (16 mi) long Highway 7A largely followed a parallel route alongside the Canadian Pacific Railway.The highway started off in the west at Seymour Street in Downtown Vancouver, and went 8 km (5.0 mi) along Hastings Street, passing its junction with Highway 1 en route, until it reached Boundary Road, where the highway crossed into Burnaby.