Granville, British Columbia

Granville, British Columbia
Town
Motto: None
Granville, British Columbia Location in British Columbia
Coordinates: 49°15′N 123°6′W / 49.250°N 123.100°W / 49.250; -123.100Coordinates: 49°15′N 123°6′W / 49.250°N 123.100°W / 49.250; -123.100
Country	Canada
Province	British Columbia
Incorporated in the...	1800's
Renamed As Vancouver in...	1886
Time zone	PST (UTC−8)
• Summer (DST)	PDT (UTC−7)

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History

Granville (1800s–1886) Gastown (1867–1886) City of Vancouver (1886-present)

Events

Great Vancouver Fire 1886 Komagata Maru incident 1914 General strike 1918 Battle of Ballantyne Pier 1935 Bloody Sunday 1938 Gastown Riots 1971 Expo 86 1986 First Stanley Cup riot 1994 Winter Olympics 2010 Second Stanley Cup riot 2011

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Granville was the name for Vancouver, British Columbia until 1886. The townsite included the earlier settlement of Gastown.

History

The area was first known as Gastown, a settlement around the original makeshift tavern established by "Gassy" Jack Deighton in 1867 just west of the Hastings Mill property.^[1][2] Expanding quickly, in 1870^[3] the colonial government surveyed the settlement, laid out a townsite, and renamed it "Granville" in honour of the then-British Secretary of State for the Colonies, Lord Granville. This site, with its natural harbour, was selected in 1884^[4] as the terminus for the railroad, renamed Vancouver, and incorporated as a city in 1886.

The name Granville survives in Vancouver with Granville Street and Granville Island.

Nearby Settlements

• Gastown, British Columbia
• New Westminster, British Columbia

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