New Westminster
New Westminster (also known as New West) is a city in British Columbia, Canada. It is in the Metro Vancouver Regional District. Major-General Richard Moody started the city in 1858. It was the capital of the Colony of British Columbia until 1866.[1] It was the largest city in the mainland of British Columbia until the 1910s, when Vancouver became larger.
The city is near the Fraser River, and is near the middle of the Greater Vancouver area.
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A view of New Westminster from the Fraser River, c. 1865
Moody likened his vision of the nascent Colony of British Columbia to the pastoral scenes painted by Aelbert Cuyp.
Coquitlam City, of New Westminster
City of New Westminster in flames, September 10, 1898
The BC Penitentiary being constructed c. 1877
Contrasting views of Columbia Street in 1932 and 2008
Residences in New Westminster near the Fraser River in 2020
A replica of a Queen Anne house opposite Queens Park
Westminster Quay Public Market. New Westminster, BC, Canada.
May Day celebrations in 1913. Young girls dance around a maypole.
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References
- ↑ Ormsby, Margaret (1976). British Columbia, A History. Toronto: Macmillan Company of Canada Limited.
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