Granville Island

Granville Island (49˚16'00" 123˚08'00" False Ck, Vancouver). The island gets its name from its location: beneath the Granville St bridge. Granville was Vancouver’s original townsite, laid out in 1870 on the S shore of Burrard Inlet, next to the Hastings sawmill. It was named for Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville, the British colonial secretary at the time. This Liberal statesman held many important cabinet positions in his career, including foreign secretary (1851–52, 1870–74,...

If you are already registered on KnowBC, login now to get access to the full article.

You may already have access to KnowBC through your school, university or library.

• Schools that subscribe to KnowBC
• Colleges and universities that subscribe to KnowBC
• Public libraries that subscribe to KnowBC

If you do not already have access to KnowBC, you can subscribe.