North Vancouver

North Vancouver (49˚19'00" 123˚04'00" N side of Burrard Inlet, just N of Vancouver). Named after Capt George Vancouver (see Vancouver for a brief biography). N Vancouver is in the traditional territory of the X’muzk’i’um (Musqueam) and Skxwúmish (Squamish) First Nations. The community got its start in the early 1860s when the Pioneer sawmill was established. Sewell Moody purchased the mill in 1865 and greatly expanded it, and the settlement became known as Moodyville. The District of N...

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