Vancouver

Vancouver (pop. 1,602,500), largest city in British Columbia and third-largest in Canada, located on the Burrard Inlet, Strait of Georgia. Originally known as Granville, in 1886 it was renamed for the English explorer George Vancouver. It is an important Pacific port and a major manufacturing center for wood, paper, iron, steel, and chemical products. Other industries are shipbuilding, oil refining, and fish processing. After becoming the terminus of the trans-Canada railroad (1886), it rapidly expanded.

See also: British Columbia.