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Vancouver
Canada

Vancouver

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Canadian
Rockies

Canadian Rockies, rugged beauty

35 mins
483 km
Alberta
Oil Sands

Athabasca Oil Sands, Alberta

1hr 30mins
1,184 km
Canadian
Shield

The Canadian Shield

2hrs 20mins
1,885 km
Nunavut
Canada

The Nunavut Territory of Canada

3hrs 50mins
3,083 km
Sea Ice
Arctic Ocean

Arctic Sea Ice

4hrs 30mins
3,820km
Greenland

The Island of Greenland

5hrs 20mins
4,293 km
Fire and Ice
Iceland

The Volcanic Island of Iceland

7hrs
5,683 km
London
UK

London, capital city of the United Kingdom

9hrs 35mins
7,517 km

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Vancouver

The city is named after the British explorer George Vancouver.

Vancouver was host city of the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Vancouver has the second largest Chinatown in North America.

Vancouver has been voted the most liveable city in the world.

Vancouver Metro Port is largest port in Canada.

Vancouver’s Chinatown is the second largest in North America after San Francisco.

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Flying at 12,000m - Vancouver and British Columbia

1898 - Panoramic view of the busy port of Vancouver.

Statue of George Vancouver in Norfolk, England, his place of birth.

Hon. Donald A. Smith driving the last spike to complete the Canadian Pacific Railway.

1864 - Chinese gold washers on the Fraser River, BC.

Vancouver port, taken from Harbour Centre Lookout, March 2007.

c.1913 - Men building a drainage or sewage system in early Vancouver.

Log float on the Fraser River near Vancouver.

1885 - Typical logging scene with bullocks and skid road.

A pioneer's house in Vancouver, who probably moved here in search of gold.

1889 - Vancouver docks.

1903 - Chemainus Saw Mills, Vancouver Island.

1925 - Logs being transported from the forest of British Columbia to Vancouver.

1903 - Crofton Copper Mines, Vancouver Island.

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Flying at 500m - Vancouverism

The densely packed city of Vancouver set against the mountains.

Vancouver's downtown area, with suburbs to the right.

Stanley Park from the air with downtown Vancouver in the distance.

Burrand Inlet, Stanley Park and the compact downtown Vancouver in the background.

Mountains through a view corridor in Vancouver.

Slivers of sunlight poking through the Vancouver skyline above some early morning mist.

Vancouver (light grey) and the Fraser River, sitting between snowcapped mountains.

North Shore Mountains through a café window.

Ski pistes cut through the forests in Whistler.

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Flying at street level - Vancouver's multicultural population

Painted eagles bringing nature to Vancouver.

2010 Olympic Silver Medal - designed by a First Nations artist.

Canadians fill the streets after winning gold in the 2010 Olympic Hockey.

1885 - West coast aboriginal house and totem pole, British Columbia near Vancouver.

1885 - Asian man washing gold on the Fraser river.

1889-90 - Chinese camp next to the Canadian Pacific Railway.

1901 - Aboriginal war canoe, 1901.

Monument to Chinese soldiers in Vancouver's Chinatown.

Monument to Chinese labourers in Vancouver's Chinatown.

Dr Sun Yat Sen Classical Garden in Chinatown, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Millennium Gate in Chinatown, Vancouver.

Ilanaaq the Inukshuk, the 2010 Olympic icon and a symbol of First Nation Heritage.

2010 Olympic Gold Medal - designed by a First Nations Artist.

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