North Vancouver, British Columbia (city)
| North Vancouver | |
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| The Corporation of the City of North Vancouver | |
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 Location of City of North Vancouver within the Metro Vancouver area in British Columbia, Canada |
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| Coordinates: 49°19′N 123°4′W / 49.317°N 123.067°WCoordinates: 49°19′N 123°4′W / 49.317°N 123.067°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | British Columbia |
| Regional District | Metro Vancouver |
| Incorporated | 1907 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Darrell Mussatto |
| • MP | Jonathan Wilkinson (Liberal) |
| • MLA | Naomi Yamamoto (BC Liberals) |
| Area | |
| • City | 11.83 km2 (4.57 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 80 m (260 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • City | 48,196 (ranked 100th) |
| • Density | 4,073.8/km2 (10,551/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 84,412 |
| Time zone | PST (UTC-8) |
| Postal code span | V7G, V7H, V7J, V7K, V7L, V7M, V7N, V7P, V7R |
| Area code(s) | 604, 778 |
| Website | City of North Vancouver official website |
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The City of North Vancouver is a waterfront municipality on the north shore of Burrard Inlet, directly across from Vancouver, British Columbia. It is the smallest of the three North Shore municipalities, and the most urbanized as well. Although it has significant industry of its own, including shipping, chemical production, and film production, the city is usually considered to be a suburb of Vancouver. The city is served by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, British Columbia Ambulance Service, and the North Vancouver City Fire Department.
The City of North Vancouver is separated from Vancouver by the Burrard Inlet, and it is surrounded on three sides by the District of North Vancouver.
The City of North Vancouver is relatively densely populated with a number of residential high-rise buildings in the Central Lonsdale and Lower Lonsdale areas.
The city has much in common with the District Municipality of North Vancouver and West Vancouver. Together these three municipalities are commonly referred to as the North Shore. The differences between the two "North Vans" are most apparent to their residents. Other Lower Mainland residents are seldom aware of the difference between the two and refer to both as "North Vancouver".
Moodyville (at the south end of Moody Avenue, now Moodyville Park), is the oldest settlement on Burrard Inlet, predating Vancouver; only New Westminster is the older non-native settlement in the region. Logging came to the virgin forests of Douglas Fir in North Vancouver, as sailing ships called in to load. A water-powered sawmill was set up in the 1860s at Moodyville, by Sewell Moody. Subsequently, post offices, schools and a village sprang up. In time, the municipality of North Vancouver (which encompassed the entire North Shore from Deep Cove to Dundarave) was incorporated. In the 1880s, Arthur Heywood-Lonsdale and a relation James Pemberton Fell, made substantial investments in North Vancouver and in 1882 he financed the Moodyville investments. Several locations in the North Vancouver area are named after Lonsdale and his family. The financial collapses of the 1890s and 1907 aggrieved the young city into bankruptcy. As a result of this, the separate areas of West Vancouver, and District of North Vancouver came into being, with the city holding on to only a small portion of its former area.
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