ENGL 222 Lecture Notes - Port Moody, James K. Polk, Lower Mainland
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Mapping: diversity of culture, language, understanding, sizes of settlement -> close to the water (life, human geography. Simon fraser: from fort george (prince george, has to pass where no human being should venture , settlement from outside to inside, barbarians vs. civilized. Mapping fraser: drawn by david thompson (thompson river) Fort langley: the 1st presence built in lower mainland, built in 1827, start of presence by building place. Cpr railway: new westminster; port moody, granville town, economic site of power => b. c. (vancouver) Cpr makes the land value go up. Shift place by transportation: gdp, tourists, goods. Granville town: georgia and denman 1860s, granville 1884 1885. The fire (june 13, 1886: 9 weeks after city of vancouver incorporated so many people died (fire, drown in river) Fraser street: street car connected people, the way cars drove / british ways / standard. Kitsilano: #2150 - 2nd and dunbar -> 33 feet, #3150 - 4th & collingwood -> 33 feet.
