The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-09-04
CITY OF VANCOUVER.

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The city is called THE PACIFIC
Gal EwAYf OF CANADA. 1t is stu
ated on the Guif OF Georgia and on the
north arm Of the Fraser River. Van
couver city was incorporated in 1886.
but was almost entireIy destroyed by
fire in the same year. SO that the city
is actually only thirty-three years old.
Do not confuse Vancouver Island
with Vancouver City, for the city is on
the mainland. Vancouver proper has
population of 10s,2 but greater
Vancouver. which naturally includes
the suburban area, has population Of
175,000
1t is the fourth city of Canada and
is it's most important Pacific pot. 1t
commands the Western Canada route
to Russia, the Orient, Australia and
New Zealand. 1t is in immediate touch
with the grain fields of Western Can
ada, and by way of the Panama Canal
affords the shortest route to Europe,
South America and Mexico. 1t has
one of the finest natural harbors in the
world, open for shipping all the year
round. The Dominion Government
has decided to expend five million dol
lars in Vancouver this year in harbor
development. The Government has re-
wharves on the Pacific coast and
erected a great terminal grain eleva-
tor on the harbor front of this city.
Vancouver is the Western terminus
of the Canadian Pacific, Canadian
National. as well as the Great North
ern Pacific Railways. The Kettle Val
ley and Pacific Great Eastern Railways
also operate here.
The community is served by many
steamship lines and is the export point
for the Grand Trunk and Fraser Val
ley Railways.
ploying many thousands of people. in
clude shipbuilding. car building. loco
motive building. numbering, foundrfes.
sugar refineries, paper and pulp mills
This enterprising city is also grad
ually becoming mecca for tourists.
The climate is without extremes of
heat OF cold. the average temperature
being about As degrees.
Within twenty-five minutes walk OF
the centre OF the city is Stanley Park.
a natural park containing many points
OF interest including the Geological
gardens. the Siwash Rock. Shakes
peare's Gardens. the Seven Sisters.
and the grave of Pauline Johnston.
the Indian Poetess. a descendant of
Joseph Brandt. or 'Theyamdagnega."
A motor road runs nine miles thru the
park.
Vancouver is one OF the heaIthiest
cities in the world. on account of its
exceptional drainage facilities. the pur-
ity of its water supply and the fact
that it escapes the extremes OF heat
and cold so common in other parts of
America. The remarkably low aver
age OF deaths per thousand OF the pop
ulation for the last ten years. namely,
1866 is witness OF this condition.
The daily supply of the purest water
in the world is obtained from three
glacier-fed mountain streams. the
sources OF which are controlled by the
city and amounts to SO million gallons.
with an additional 40 million gallons
in reservoir and q total daily avail
able supply OF so million gallons.
yancouver's climate Is very moder-
ate: the average temperature during
the past ten years has varied only
from 1924 to 1926. The thermometer
rarely rises above 90 degrees and In
a ten.year record has never fallen be-
low zero.
There are no fewer than 90 parks
in the city. having a total area of
1915 acres: So churches OF eli denom-
Inations and creeds in Greater Van
couver: 10000 school children. with
over 500 teachers and a population
estimated at $4,000.
The industries of Vancouver already
number $50. employing 25.300 people.
and these are being added to almost
daily. They include lumber and
shingle mills, iron and steel foundries.
wooden and steel shipbuilding plants.
fish. fruit and vegetable canneries,
paper and pulp mills. etc.
One hundred and twenty-seven
sale houses. carrying stocks valued
at 81 million dollars and covering all
branches OF trade and commerce, are
the supply depots of territory that is
increasing in extent with wonderful
rapidity.
GU. Fl.
Reveistocke. August 20. 1919.