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Vancouver (pronounce /vænˈkuːvɚ/) is a coastal city and major seaport located in the Lower Mainland of southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is bounded by the Strait of Georgia, the Fraser River, and the Coast Mountains. Vancouver is named after Captain George Vancouver, a British explorer.

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  • Della Falls on this British Columbia island is named for the wife of Joe Drinkwater, who discovered it in 1899
  • A city & island in British Columbia are named for this sea captain who explored the area in 1792
  • Visit Stanley Park, one of the largest urban parks in North America, while in this British Columbia city
  • In 1866 this large island became politically united with British Columbia
  • Gastown, a popular area of this B.C. city, is named for saloonkeeper "Gassy" Jack Deighton
  • Chinese New Year is greeted with dancing dragon parades & firecrackers in this largest B.C. city
  • The CFL's B.C. Lions play their home games in this city
  • A World's Fair opened in this British Columbia city in May 1986 to great fanfare & a fainting spell by Princess Diana
  • Made a British crown colony in 1849, this island aligned with British Columbia in 1866
  • The NHL'sCanucks
  • General Motors Place is the home of this city's Canucks hockey team
  • In 1986 the world came to this Canadian city for an expo; in 2010 the world was back
  • In 1998 "The X-Files" relocated to California from this Canadian city
  • The aquarium in Stanley Park in this British Columbia city has the largest collection of fish in Canada
  • Michael was raised in the small town of Burnaby, a suburb of this port city of British Columbia
  • In 1887 Canada's Transcontinental Railroad reached from Montreal to this west coast city
  • Of the top 5 Canadian cities in population, it's the one closest to the Pacific Ocean
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  • The University of British Columbia is based in this city, British Columbia's largest
  • Each year this British Columbia city hosts the Symphony of Fire, a 4-day fireworks extravaganza
  • (Jimmy of the Clue Crew points out an area on a map.) It's North America's largest Pacific Coast island; the major city of the same name is not on it, but separated from it by straits
  • The elegant Pan Pacific Hotel in this Canadian city was built for Expo 86
  • The NBA's Grizzlies
  • From Grouse Mountain, you'll B.C.-ing a panorama of this big city on a peninsula
  • Arthur Charles Erickson's Simon Fraser Univ. overlooks this British Columbia city where he was born
  • The Dr. Sun Yat-sen Garden is one of the highlights of this city's Chinatown, Canada's largest
  • An 1846 treaty set Washington's northern boundary at the 49th parallel; but Britain got to keep this island
  • A British Columbia city is named for this man who in 1793 surveyed the coast there
  • Pacific Newspaper Group, a CanWest company, publishes both The Province & The Sun in this Canadian city
  • The Juan de Fuca Strait separates Washington State from this Canadian Island that shares its name with a B.C. city

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