McGill Street (Vancouver)
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McGill Street is an east-west street in Vancouver
, British Columbia
, Canada. It has a mix of uses, including several condominium buildings.
It includes an overpass over Canadian Pacific Railway
tracks commissioned by the Port of Vancouver
.
The Vancouver Sun notes that a display of katsura
trees (Cercidiphyllum japonicum) on McGill Street "never fails to impress".
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,...
, British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
, Canada. It has a mix of uses, including several condominium buildings.
It includes an overpass over Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway
The Canadian Pacific Railway , formerly also known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a historic Canadian Class I railway founded in 1881 and now operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, which began operations as legal owner in a corporate restructuring in 2001...
tracks commissioned by the Port of Vancouver
Port of Vancouver
The Port of Vancouver was the name of the largest port in Canada, the largest in the Pacific Northwest, and the largest port on the West Coast of North America by metric tons of total cargo, with 76.5 million metric tons...
.
The Vancouver Sun notes that a display of katsura
Katsura (tree)
Cercidiphyllum is a genus containing two species of plants, both commonly called Katsura. They are the sole members of the monotypic family Cercidiphyllaceae. The genus is native to Japan and China....
trees (Cercidiphyllum japonicum) on McGill Street "never fails to impress".