Vancouver

Vancouver, a town of British Columbia, the terminus of the Canadian Pacific Railway (1887), stands on Burrard Inlet (at its head is Port Moody, formerly the terminus; pop. 3000), 2906 miles by rail W. by N. of Montreal. Its site a dense forest till 1885, it now possesses miles of well-made streets, lit by gas and electricity, electric trams, a handsome opera-house, a hospital, three parks, many good buildings of brick and granite, extensive wharves and warehouses, smelting-works, &c., and has a regular steamship service to China, Japan, San Francisco, and Alaska. Pop. (1890) 14,000.