New Westminster, formerly the capital of British Columbia, is on the north bank of the Fraser River, 10 miles from its mouth and 113 miles by rail and steamer NNE. of the present capital, Victoria, on Vancouver Island. Here are a penitentiary and a lunatic asylum, sawmills, and great salmon-canning establishments. Pop. 2700.
New Westminster
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson, p. 481
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