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Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
-Steveston
Steveston, British Columbia
Steveston was originally a small town near Vancouver, British Columbia, but has since been absorbed into the city of Richmond, British Columbia....
Interurban
Interurban
An interurban, also called a radial railway in parts of Canada, is a type of electric passenger railroad; in short a hybrid between tram and train. Interurbans enjoyed widespread popularity in the first three decades of the twentieth century in North America. Until the early 1920s, most roads were...
route of the British Columbia Electric Railway
British Columbia Electric Railway
The British Columbia Electric Railway was a historic Canadian railway which operated in southwestern British Columbia.Originally the parent company, and later a division, of BC Electric, the BCER operated public transportation in southwestern British Columbia from its establishment in the...
, known as the Lulu Island Railway, which ran between 1905 and 1958. St. Mary's Kerrisdale
Kerrisdale
Kerrisdale is a neighbourhood in the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.Kerrisdale is a neighbourhood featuring a mix of newer houses and older bungalows as well as various low and mid-rise rental and condo apartment buildings in its northern section. The neighbourhood is an ethnic mix of...
, an Anglican church built in 1913, is one of the heritage
Cultural heritage
Cultural heritage is the legacy of physical artifacts and intangible attributes of a group or society that are inherited from past generations, maintained in the present and bestowed for the benefit of future generations...
structures in the uplands area of the neighbourhood.
Education
Prince of Wales Secondary SchoolPrince of Wales Secondary School
Prince of Wales Secondary School is a public secondary school located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.-History:Prince of Wales opened for classes in September 1920 at its original site, which is now Shaughnessy Elementary School. It has been at its current location since 1960. Its current...
is located in the neighbourhood, along with Carnarvon Elementary School
Carnarvon Elementary School
Carnarvon Elementary School in Vancouver, British Columbia, is an elementary school. The school opened in 1966; prior to that, it was known as Trafalgar Annex ....
and Trafalgar Elementary School
Trafalgar Elementary School
Trafalgar Elementary School in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, is an elementary school. The school opened in 1948. About 25% of its students are recent immigrants utilizing the school's English as a second language program; some of these students are from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Mainland China and...
, which offers a French immersion program.