University Endowment Lands


UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT LANDS (UEL), pop 4,000, occupy the end of the Point Grey peninsula along the western edge of VANCOUVER. They comprise an unincorporated community located between the city and the campus of UBC, adjacent to Pacific Spirit Regional Park. Originally occupied by local First Nations, the area underwent extensive LOGGING from the 1860s until it was chosen as the site for a provincial university in 1910. The government set aside 11.74 sq km of land at the proposed site to be...

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