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McAuley Park
McAuley Park is a small public municipal park at the intersection of Kingsway and Fraser Street in Vancouver, British Columbia Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the ..., Canada. Name The park is named after Harvey and Theresa McAuley, whose extensive and lengthy volunteer contributions to the community were honoured by the City of Vancouver. Events The park has been the venue for several multi-cultural festivals, hosted by the Dickens Community Group. Other events held in the park include a jerk chicken festival and displays by local artists. Parks in Vancouver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vancouver
Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the city, up from 631,486 in 2016. The Greater Vancouver, Greater Vancouver area had a population of 2.6million in 2021, making it the List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada#List, third-largest metropolitan area in Canada. Greater Vancouver, along with the Fraser Valley Regional District, Fraser Valley, comprises the Lower Mainland with a regional population of over 3 million. Vancouver has the highest population density in Canada, with over 5,700 people per square kilometre, and fourth highest in North America (after New York City, San Francisco, and Mexico City). Vancouver is one of the most Ethnic origins of people in Canada, ethnically and Languages of Canada, linguistically diverse cities in Canada: 49.3 percent of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingsway (Vancouver)
Kingsway is a major thoroughfare that crosses through the Canadian cities of Vancouver and Burnaby, British Columbia. The road runs diagonally from northwest to southeast, emerging from Vancouver's Main Street just south of East 7th Avenue and becoming 12th Street at the Burnaby–New Westminster border. Description Kingsway is one of the longest roads in the Metropolitan Vancouver area and is therefore somewhat difficult to characterize. Many segments of the road offer diverse family-owned and ethnic shopping opportunities and restaurantsparticularly Korean, Chinese, Vietnamese, Taiwanese, Japanese, and South Asian, among others. There are also a number of hotels, supermarkets, and freestanding fast-food locations along other portions of its route. The road forms the central commercial spine for Burnaby's Metrotown business district, and is the principal route between Metrotown and Downtown Vancouver. Kingsway is one of the region's main public transit corridors, with num ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fraser Street
The following is a list of major and secondary streets and roads in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The city is organized on a modified east–west/north–south grid pattern (with some allowance for natural contours). Thoroughfares downtown and in a few other locations run in a northeast–southwest/northwest–southeast pattern. Major Road Network The following are arterial routes, as defined by TransLink. Downtown *Georgia Street southeast to Main Street *Howe Street *Nelson Street northwest to Howe Street *Seymour Street *Smithe Street northwest to Howe Street East–west * Hastings Street west to Burrard Street * McGill Street west to Nanaimo Street *Dundas Street east to Nanaimo Street *Powell Street west to Hawks Avenue *East 1st Avenue *Terminal Avenue *Broadway *West 10th Avenue east to Alma Street *Grandview Highway west to Nanaimo Street *41st Avenue *70th Avenue North–south *Boundary Road north to Hastings Street *Clark Drive north to Powell Street * Knight Str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dickens (Vancouver)
Charles John Huffam Dickens (; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era.. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime and, by the 20th century, critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories are widely read today. Born in Portsmouth, Dickens left school at the age of 12 to work in a boot-blacking factory when his father was incarcerated in a debtors' prison. After three years he returned to school, before he began his literary career as a journalist. Dickens edited a weekly journal for 20 years, wrote 15 novels, five novellas, hundreds of short stories and non-fiction articles, lectured and performed readings extensively, was an indefatigable letter writer, and campaigned vigorously for children's rights, for education, and for other social ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
