Marpole

Marpole (49˚12'00" 123˚08'00" N side of the N Arm of the Fraser R, S part of city of Vancouver). This Vancouver neighbourhood is named for railway engineer Richard Marpole (1850–1920), a native of Wales, who came to Canada to work for the Northern Rwy of Canada and joined the CPR in the 1880s. He supervised railway construction in the Algoma, Nipissing and Lk Superior regions before becoming the company’s western superintendent, 1897–1907, and then vice-president of the E&N. Marpole...

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